My father was a scientist, and I grew up in his laboratory. Maybe I am like him, but he is not like me.
There are over 50 brilliant scientists working at my lab, and being sensitive to their needs is among the top skill sets that scientists like me have to learn.
Being an assistant in a computer lab was the worst job I ever had. It was boring. That was when I was in college.
I like to keep the median age in my lab low because they will indulge me in my dreams. They don't yet think things are impossible.
I grew up in a time when there were very few women in the physical sciences. And people started to ask me, 'How did you decide to become a scientist?' And I couldn't really answer. I always knew I'd grow up to have a lab because my dad had one.
I have fallen in love with people in the lab, and people in the lab have fallen in love with me, and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that, in a lab, people are on a level playing field.
My lab is like a fantasy world - it is more like a 'James Bond' movie!
I grew up in my father's laboratory and played beneath the chemical benches until I was tall enough to play on them.
I get into lab early and leave a bit early, too. So I like to have an hour or two before everybody comes in.
I cannot imagine a more enjoyable place to work than in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology where I work.
I did. I still do. It's kind of grown to a "Ren and Stimpy" kind of lab, which is fun.
