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Heidi MacKinnon

Office: Tupper 8J

What is your favourite enzyme, and why?

DNA polymerase- I love DNA, so its creation is cool.

 

What is your favourite book?

Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

 

What is the most recent book you’ve read?

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan.

 

What is your favourite amino acid, and why?

Cysteine, because of the role of sulfur.

 

What are some of your hobbies?

Photography, playing with my dog, taking pictures of my dog…

 

What is your dream vacation?

Somewhere hot, so somewhere where there’s a beach.

 

What is the coolest project you’ve ever worked on?

I worked on Vibrio harveyi, one of David Byer’s projects. It’s a marine organism that fluoresces.

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