Ph.D. Student Katie Partington (left) and BBI’s Doug Fowler: ‘Science can feel like magic. When you begin to understand how and why things work, it’s incredible.’
“There are good cells and there are bad cells and they are fighting.”
Katie Partington was five-years-old when her mother used these simple, but profound words to explain the passing of her husband – Katie’s father – from Glioblastoma, a common and aggressive brain cancer.
“Looking back, his illness was a catalyst for my interest in biomedical research,” said Partington, a Ph.D. student in the lab of BBI Principal Investigator Doug Fowler. “Along with other experiences in my childhood, it launched me on the journey to become a scientist.”
