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Confessions of a professional Worm Wrangler and Mouse Herder: the benefits of a hybrid career

A ‘day in the life’ of Dr. Jeanna Wheeler, a research scientist at the Seattle Institute for Biomedical & Clinical Research in Seattle, Washington. She works in the lab of Dr. Brian Kraemer, studying models of neurodegenerative diseases in worms and mice. Her most recent work can be found at https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aao6545.

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Wheeler, J.M. Confessions of a professional Worm Wrangler and Mouse Herder: the benefits of a hybrid career. Lab Anim 49, 33–35 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-019-0466-8

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