Creating life鈥檚 building blocks
黑料社区网 Alum is named one of MIT鈥檚 Innovators Under 35 for her work with amino acids
LEGO blocks and dragons might not be the first things you think about when it comes to biochemistry. But for Tina Boville (PhDBiochem鈥17), each represents where she started and how far she has come today.
鈥淲hen I was little, I read these books called The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey,鈥 Boville says. 鈥淭hose have bioengineered dragons; and I thought we should use genetic engineering to make whatever we need, and it鈥檒l be useful for everybody.鈥澨