Finn Hawkins, MBBCh
Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Hawkins is a Principal Investigator (P.I.) in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and The Pulmonary Center. His research focus is studying human lung development and disease using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Dr. Hawkins is currently using iPSC technology to study airway biology with a focus on Cystic Fibrosis.
Publications
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Published 3/31/2025
Ma L, Thapa BR, Le Suer JA, Tilston-Lünel A, Herriges MJ, Wang F, Bawa PS, Varelas X, Hawkins FJ, Kotton DN. Author Correction: Life-long functional regeneration of in vivo airway epithelium by the engraftment of airway basal stem cells. Nat Protoc. 2025 Mar 31. PMID: 40164751.
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Published 2/25/2025
Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Reply to Huang et al.: Sowing Tailored Seeds: Gene-edited Basal Cells for Precision Regulation of Airway Phenotypes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 25; 211(5):884. PMID: 39999444.
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Published 1/29/2025
Brody SL, Pan J, Huang T, Xu J, Xu H, Koenitizer JR, Brennan SK, Nanjundappa R, Saba TG, Rumman N, Berical A, Hawkins FJ, Wang X, Zhang R, Mahjoub MR, Horani A, Dutcher SK. Undocking of an extensive ciliary network induces proteostasis and cell fate switching resulting in severe primary ciliary dyskinesia. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Jan 29; 17(783):eadp5173. PMID: 39879322.
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Published 11/13/2024
Kohn A, Herriges MJ, Basak P, Ma L, Thapa BR, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Targeted pre-conditioning and cell transplantation in the murine lower respiratory tract. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 13. PMID: 39605510.
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Published 11/8/2024
Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Airway Disease Modeling with Gene-edited Human Basal Cell Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 08; 211(1):131-4. PMID: 39514838.
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Other Positions
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Member, Pulmonary Center
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Member, Center for Regenerative Medicine
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Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Websites
Education
- National University of Ireland, MBBCh