# First person – Mikaela Scheer

## TL;DR

This paper introduces Mikaela Scheer, who studied the role of paxillin in lung development as part of her research in the Mammoto lab.

## Contribution

The paper highlights Scheer's research on alveolar epithelial paxillin during postnatal lung development.

## Key findings

- Scheer investigated the role of paxillin in lung alveolar development.
- The study contributes to understanding lung development and regeneration processes.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Mikaela Scheer is first author on ‘
Alveolar epithelial paxillin in postnatal lung alveolar development’, published in BiO. Mikaela is a research technician in the lab of Akiko Mammoto at the University of Wisconsin, USA, investigating the role of angiogenesis in lung development and regeneration.