Jenny Nathans discusses work in cell fate decision-making with BBI Scientific Director Jay Shendure: ‘Jenny has already established herself as someone who is smart, easy to work with, and is an excellent communicator.’
The phrase “kick the tires” refers to inspecting or testing something or someone to ensure that he, she, they, or it “meets the required or expected standard of quality,” according to the Free Dictionary.
Jenny Nathans devoted more than two years to kicking many tires at the National Institutes of Health before arriving at the University of Washington in 2020 to begin pursuing M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. She had graduated from Yale University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, “but I was not convinced I wanted to do either a Ph.D. or an M.D.,” she said.
