title: A tale of mother and daughter.
abstract: Loving science and nature and being a scientist can be very different, yet the two are so intertwined in a scientist's life that you will certainly experience both aspects. This essay presents my perspective on how, as one who loves science and nature, I came to fall in love with centrosome behavior in stem cells and how I came to run a lab as a scientist. When I started, there was a big gap between my love for science and my experience as a scientist. I filled this gap by learning a "laid-back confidence."
authors.affiliation: Life Sciences Institute, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. yukikomy@umich.edu
authors.forename: Yukiko M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yamashita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history*; D018385:Centrosome / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States