A Polish-born stem-cell biobgist at Stanford University in California, Joanna Wysocka won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science on 1 April. The prize recognizes immigrant scientists who have made a contribution to US society. Why did you come to the United States?When I was still at university, I got a volunteer position working for a summer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York while visiting my then boyfriend (now husband). I worked with different researchers, and Winship Herr, a molecular biologist working on gene regulation, invited me to come back for a PhD.
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