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As an undergraduate majoring in biology at the University of California, San Diego, I worked on infectious diseases at the nearby Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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I decided to do graduate studies in virology at Stanford University in California because it had a hospital, which made working on clinical applications easier.

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Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life.

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There's actually an incredible amount of parallels between working in central Congo in a remote, isolated village and doing research aboard the space station.

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For long-duration exploration missions, NASA is looking for folks with a lot of operational, hands-on experience, people who have been in field-type situations such as military deployments. In my case, I worked in the Congo and in Biosafety Level 4 labs on smallpox.

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NASA trains you to assess emergency situations and react in a way to keep yourself and everyone else safe.

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I thought I was prepared for space, and it still absolutely defied every expectation and dream. It is an incredible thing to put yourself on a rocket and launch off the planet. It is an amazing thing to see the planet from space. This blue sphere is almost indescribably beautiful.

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Most germs aren't bad. You're in a microbial environment all the time.

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We have to engineer devices that are going to work in space stations. Those same things are going to work in the most remote regions on Earth.

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Sequencing DNA on the ISS will enable NASA to see what happens to genetic material in space in real time, rather than looking at a snapshot of DNA before launch and another snapshot of DNA after launch and filling in the blanks.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: October 14th, 1978

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