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Geobiology professor recounts passion for plants, research in ‘Lab Girl’

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COURTESY PHOTO BY MATT CHING

“Lab Girl” author Hope Jahren, a professor of geobiology at UH Manoa, holds a terrarium containing a small succulent plant. “We were trying to culture a slime mold (a type of fungus, that’s the green slimy layer) — and it worked!” she explained.

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“Lab Girl” author Hope Jahren and her lab manager, Bill Hagopian, are seen here getting ready to harvest a tray of experimental plants (Arabidopsis), which they will dissect with a razor blade in preparation for chemical analysis.