| Author |
Rothman, Andrea |
| Year |
2019 |
| First published |
2019 |
| Publisher |
New York: HarperCollins |
| Number of pages |
256 |
| Edition |
First US Hardcover |
| ISBN |
9780062857811 |
| Keywords |
medicine (biomedical research), biochemistry, ambition/recognition of scientists, literary or mainstream, female scientist, scientist main character, USA or Canada |
Abstract
How does smell work? Specifically, how do olfactory sensory neurons
reach their targets in the brain, where smell is processed? Justin
McKinnon has hired Emily Apell to study that question. What Justin
hasn’t told Emily is that two other scientists in the lab, Aeden and
Allegra, are working on a very similar topic, and their findings may
compete with her research. Emily was born focused and driven.
She’s always been more comfortable staring down the barrel of a
microscope than making small talk with strangers. Competition doesn’t
scare her. Her special place is the lab, where she analyzes DNA
sequences, looking for new genes that might be involved in guiding
olfactory neurons to their targets.(Amazon)
