Most mornings when she is in her lab, Doudna schedules a steady stream of her researchers to come present their most recent results. Her questions tend to be Socratic: Have you thought about adding RNA? Can we image that in living cells? “She has a knack for asking the right critical big questions when you’re developing your project,” says Jinek. They were designed to get her researchers to look up from the details and see the big picture. Why are you doing this? she will ask. What’s the point?
