Always
in Motion
Sunday in Lab with
AllisonDurham, North Carolina
December 12, 2004
People often think, what with Allison and me both being in science graduate school, that we
must understand the other's work. Not true. Ok, so I can explain in general terms the goals
of her work; I can talk about how she's using an exciting new technique to study cervical
cancer; how it advances both basic science understanding of an unusual cellular mechanism
and might actually lead to clinical treatments; how there is a patent pending; etc; etc. But as
far as comprehending all the many things she has to do along the way...sorry, can't help you.
Well, as of this past weekend, that's changing.
As often happens on a weekend, Allison had to run into lab for a few minutes to
"feed" her cells. If I'm with her at the time, I'll usually swing by my lab to check
on whatever analysis I've got running on my computers, but this time I decided
to follow her around with my camera to try to figure out what it is she does.
I'm not sure I've got it figured out, but as you can see from
the above image, she's always in motion, doing something...
