Heidi Elmendorf's passion for parasitology is matched only by her passion for teaching.

Jack Szostak's pioneering work has already been rewarded with a Lasker Award. Now he has one more big item on his to-do list: Creating artificial life.

Gerry Rubin was exposed to the leading lights of molecular biology right from the start of his career. Now he's trying to attract the next generation of leaders to Janelia Farm.

Alan Hinnebusch has worked doggedly through the years to figure out how yeast genes are regulated.

Elizabeth Jonas was supposed to be a physician. A summer with Rodolfo Llinás changed all that.

Joe Tsien went from Shanghai to the cover of , creating the "smart mouse" along the way.

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UC Berkeley's Mike Levine almost became a physician. Lucky for research, he didn't.

Genizon CSO Tim Keith's cautious but rigorous approach has made it possible for companies to separate real data from noise.

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