Rob Carlson's path to becoming a biohacker began with a chancernencounter on the train in 1996. Carlson, a physics PhD stu-rndent at the time, was travelling to New York to find a journalrnarticle that wasn't available at his home institution, PrincetonrnUniversity in New Jersey. He found himself sitting next to anrninquisitive elderly gentlemen. Carlson told him about his the-rnsis research on the effects of physical forces on blood cells,rnand at the end of the journey, the stranger made him anrnoffer. "You should come work for me," said the man, "I'm Dr SydneyrnBrenner." The name meant little to Carlson, who says he thought: "Yeah,rnOK. Whatever, 'Dr Sydney Brenner."'
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