I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising.

Surveying the way viruses have been discovered in the past, I came to the conclusion that I could use my technology that I developed as a graduate student - DNA microarray technology - to create a chip that would simultaneously screen for all viruses ever discovered, and furthermore have the built-in capability of discovering new viruses.

I think my formative experiences were really in junior high, where at a typical public school we were doing little genetic experiments, very classic experiments.

I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.

Every important machine's got to have a big red button.