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A photo of Barbara McClintock collaged next to a photo of Lisa Learman.

With the Corn, Against the Grain

August 5, 2020

Lisa Learman, a Ph.D. candidate in cellular and molecular medicine, is among the winners of The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 2020 essay contest. Read her award-winning essay about scientist Barbara McClintock, whose approach to science inspired Learman to “embrace complexity and diverse perspectives in science to arrive at a more complete truth.”

Lisa Learman ⋅ Honor Roll, Perspectives in Research Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, awards, DNA, Genetics, women in science ⋅

student winners

Honoring the Past Year of Johns Hopkins Trainee Accomplishments

June 21, 2018

Being a Ph.D. student is like tandem skydiving for the first time: You are asked to enter the freefall into the scientific world below, with your principal investigator (PI) guiding your career path. You have no control over the journey, and you don’t even really know the endpoint because your PI is the only one […]

Natalie Joe ⋅ Events and Happenings awards ⋅

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