Developmental Biologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

As a Child, I Adopted Art as a Way of Expressing Myself

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz is a developmental biologist at Caltech, and the author of The Dance of Life. Before moderating “What Is the Meaning of Life?,” a Zócalo/CaltechLive! “Behind the Book” event, she wrote in to the Green Room to recall a formative lecture in cell biology, making her own clothing, and her favorite café in Warsaw.