The Research Evangelist

Have you ever met someone that just gives you a sense of confidence that anything is possible? I've met many researchers over the years and some of them just fill me with such hope that I feel that given the funding necessary to advance their ideas, a breakthrough would happen. I don't say this naively to suggest that it's just about money. Because I know that money doesn't solve all problems and in research there is no sure bet. But in medical research, often times good ideas stay in the minds of scientists due to lack of sufficient resources to do the experiments that could make huge advancements in understanding disease. And with some researchers you can just tell that they have ideas in their head that given the sufficient support there would be huge return. Researchers like Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch. I have recently come to know Rudolf Jaenisch , a Founding Member of Whitehead Institute at MIT and  National Medal of Science recipient. His lab caught my atten