A wonderful reminder of my pre-author days

Those of you who follow this blog will remember that before I was a full-time writer, I was a full-time scientist. This week I had two wonderful reunions of sorts with my colleagues from those days.

On Tuesday, May 13, I had a Zoom conversation with a group called Lilly Friends, who were interested in how I made the transition from Biotech, to Large Pharma, to mystery writing. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take a picture. But Sheila, Brigitte, Mai, Bob, and Joe it was great seeing your faces on my computer.

On Saturday, I travelled down to San Diego for a reunion of alumni from the fantastic Biotech where I began my career as a professional scientist, Hybritech Incorporated. I even managed to take some pictures with dear friends from those days. [See to the right] We all wrote name tags to help with identifications, as you do after so many years.

I was at Hybritech from 1985 - 1993 and at Eli Lilly and Company from 1994 - 2008. Wonderful science, wonderful friends, and wonderful memories. [See pictures below]

A picture of me as head of Biotechnology Research at Eli Lilly and Company.

My Hybritech badge from 1985

One of my bosses and good friends from Hybritech days. Dr. Bob Hussa. He was the one who made me think I might be able to write a novel by following his example.

A dear friend and colleague from Hybritech days, Kate Beidler. Her work was amazing there and subsequently at other groundbreaking companies. She did the impossible, when we worked together, creating molecules that had only been figments of our boss Gary David’s imagination.

Our group at Hybritech in the early 1990s.