Biology

So often in life, it's the little things that define us. For Texas A&M University biologist Jennifer Dulin, it's a small circular sign that graces the area above her Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building laboratory desk. At first glance, its three-letter message in bold print is clear enough: "Ugh." Upon closer inspection, however, one can't help but notice two additional letters preceding the "Ugh" and superimposed at a slightly left-leaning angle in the subtlest of script fonts: "La."

Clever. Defiant. Witty. Resourceful. Unmistakably optimistic.

Three years ago, Dulin got the full-circle chance to return to Texas A&M, where she earned her bachelor's in biochemistry in 2005, to pursue her life's work of making [...]