By
Jennifer O'Brien
Laura Elias, a 26-year-old graduate student and researcher in the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, published a significant finding earlier this month in the journal
Nature. Her work shed light on the way in which neural stem cells migrate to their proper place in the brain, revealing a mechanism that may also play a role in other developmental processes and diseases, including cancer. But
7x7 Magazine was also taken by her passion for tango and red dress.
Photo/John Lee
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