“If you were to enter Dr. Paola Marignani’s lab at Dalhousie University, you’d find every surface covered in writing. That’s because she sees the process of coming up with an experiment the same way an artist maps out their vision before touching the canvas. “Art and science are the same to me, there’s no difference between the two,” she says. You conceptualize, draw up a plan, and factor in as many variables as possible. Then you modify, adapt, and erase. The designing of an experiment is Marignani’s favourite aspect of her work. A close second is getting data. When the tubes filled with an invisible substance finally spit out a sequence, “It’s a thrill.””

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