Art Olson, a professor at The Scripps Research Institute, explains “understanding the body helps us keep people well and to cure people who are sick.” Olson creates 3-D models that provide insight into how molecules interact. These models are useful in Ebola and HIV research.

Sandra Encalada, assistant professor at Scripps Research Institute, wanted to be a scientist since she was a child. Her labs study the process of which components of the cell move from one location of the cell to another.