Today, I will be waking up in St Louis
to visit a scientist there at Washington University.
He is called Doug Berg and is one of the world's top
molecular biologists.
St Louis has a big Arch over the Mississippi river and is
the "Gateway to the West" - the place where a journey
to California used to start in the olden days (1800's). Look
at it on Google Earth if you want.
Actually, as well as talking about our research, I will be
asking him if there are any new young scientists who
would be good enough to take a job in my lab.
The person would need to be firstly good at mathematics
and chemistry, then trained as a molecular
biologist, with experience in solving problems about
how to insert new genes into bacteria.
Later that day, I will go back to the airport to catch a plane
to Newark from where I will take the world's
longest airplane flight from Newark to Singapore.
I will be back in Perth on Good Friday at
about midday. This is an exciting day for me because Easter
(8th-13th April actually) is the anniversary
of my first successful culture of Helicobacter pylori.
Find out more about Barry Marshall, M.D. at:
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/mar1int-1
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