Heather: Heather quietly and modestly runs the research, while the front guys get most of the credit

摘要

l've got Heather on my mind this month, and I don't mean the flower. Heather as in Heather Higo, who has been with my research group for almost 20 years, first as an undergraduate student, then as a graduate student, and most recently as the technician in charge of my lab for the last dozen years or so. Heather has been one of a small but elite group of apicultural technicians working "In university and government laboratories who quietly and modestly run research programs while us front guys get most of the credit.