Many people have a difficult time figuring out what they want to do with their lives.
But for Cecilia Moens, it was all in the genes. Moens' father, Peter, a biology professor at York, studies how germ cells are made. And while most other kids her age would have dreaded the idea of spending time away from school in a lab, she did just that, assisting her father in his research for several summers. For her, spending summertime working with bacteria was as natural as meiosis. Although Moens' interest in developmental biology evolved over time, she can pinpoint the moment where she was moved to pursue this particular field.