Scientific achievement is typically measured in terms of the work of its principal investigators, their labs and colleagues. But good science requires safe science. In an essay published in Lab Manager, Jennifer Ramil, MBA, director of environmental health & safety at Sanford Burnham Prebys, recounts her own journey from bench to biosafety.
What began as curiosity at the bench, she writes, can evolve into a calling to protect researchers, shape safer labs and strengthen institutions.