19. The musician scientist
Every year since joining Penn, I was asked to lecture to the Clinical Pathology residents on hemoglobin disorders. In 1999, one of the students was Nina Luning Prak, another very smart M.D.-Ph.D. from Penn who had done her Ph.D. in Immunology with Martin Weigert at Fox Chase. In early 2000, Nina came to me with the proposition that she would do the two-year research stint that was part of her residency training in my lab. She was very lively and highly motivated, so I agreed. Nina also impressed me with her enthusiasm for classical music, about which I am also passionate. She played the violin in a local string quartet that got together informally once a week. It was also great to hear some good classical music in the ...
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