Sciences

Exploring things unseen

Amy Gladfelter is driven by curiosity to study the smallest units of life.

Amy Gladfelter is driven by curiosity to study the smallest units of life.

By carstories

Amy Gladfelter, a quantitative cell biologist and an associate professor of biology, is driven by curiosity to study cells — the smallest units of life. Looking through a microscope she describes cells as bustling around like rush hour in a big city and applies that learning in her lab to help researchers to understand complex diseases like ALS.

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