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Buffy Coats and Ice Cream
Once Jean and Omu had finalized their experimental design, Jean flew back to the US. Back in the UPenn lab Jean called a meeting to brief her team. The researchers were happy about starting a new project and working with scientists in Kenya. But they were exhausted. They had proved over the course of the last…
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Vaccines and Leopards
The next day Jean and Omu continued working on their vaccine design and experimental plan. They combed through details and picked the best reagents, created a budget and formed a timeline. The vaccine was a DNA vaccine that encoded surface proteins for measles. DNA vaccines were a new technology that was still under investigation. The…
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Collaborations and Hippos
Dr. Jean Bowman was now a new professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD at Rutgers University in biochemical engineering. She graduated from the state school with dreams of saving lives. Now she was at a big Ivy League university and working among world renowned scientists. After 3 years as a postdoctoral…
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A Shock to the System
Jean was on the verge of completing her Ph.D. in biochemical engineering. As her research included studying bacterial growth and innovative methods for enhancing the efficiency of bacterial growth, a critical component was a peristaltic pump. Jean was spending countless hours in the laboratory, determined to make a significant breakthrough. But, then one afternoon in…
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A Good Pair of Hands
Jean Bowman, eventually became a Ph.D. candidate. She found herself deeply immersed in her research on bacterial growth patterns. Her experiment aimed to unravel the mysteries of a particular strain’s behavior under unique environmental conditions. The nature of her study demanded precise and frequent data collection, and Jean was determined to leave no stone unturned.…