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Jaime Hibbard: Scientific Problem-Solving in the Corporate World

A scientist excels at nothing more than solving problems. But this skill isn’t useful only for growing cells or formulating …

Hillary Wilson: Bringing Science to Life with Medical Illustration

If you’ve ever opened a textbook in science class, you’ve likely witnessed the magic performed by medical illustrators like Hillary …

Sarah Howard & Lily Grbavach: Bears, and Belugas, and Bison, Oh My!

Lily (left) and Sarah (right) watching out for beluga whales at Cook Inlet Thousands of organizations around the globe work …

Merve Suzan Zeden: Microscopic Bacteria, Big Impact

Dr. Merve S. Zeden is a microbiologist specializing in the study of how Staphylococcus aureus responds to antibiotics and environmental …

Carla Shatz: “Cells that fire together wire together” said Carla, not Hebb

When Dr. Carla Shatz coined the phrase “cells that fire together, wire together,” in a 1992 Scientific American article, she …

Yili Xu: A Passionate Biologist in Drug Discovery

Yili Xu’s career has spanned the globe from China to California and shifted between medicine, academic research, and the pharmaceutical …