Boston Globe: One Man’s Trek From India, to Texas, to Stanford, and on to Mass. General and an Affair With Mitochondria

The Globe regularly runs profiles and Q&A’s with noted or interesting scientists. They are not very long, are interesting to read, don’t usually have a specific news peg, and probably serve as guideposts for young readers wondering about science as a career. Today has a good example, by Andrew Rimas. He visits a young researcher with a talent for applying mathematical analysis to complex biological systems. Much of it is devoted to laying bare the mysteries and the health implications of mitochondria.

Read it;