When I was 16, my dad took me to a DNA conference at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco, California, and I was captivated by this way of looking at biology and by the discussions of bits of nucleic acid that could make us sick. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
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. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
I’ve always been fascinated with science and exploring our world, from microbes to the solar system. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
We’re pretty interested in microbial communities on-board space stations. It’s a closed-loop system. Our water is recycled; our air is recycled. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
My lab used to do gene expression and genomics, and we did a lot of sequencing samples from virus outbreaks. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
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. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
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. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life. Kathleen Rubins Read Quote
