ResearchLIFE Summer 2016

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FEATURE

NATURE’S BIOPESTICIDE BY SHARON CHISVIN

David Lipnowski

Back in 1985, Teresa de Kievit’s decision to enroll in the biology program at the University of Waterloo, in her hometown, made perfect sense. She had thoroughly enjoyed her biology classes at high school. The subject

had come easily to her, and she had consistently done well. Plus, enrolling at the University of Waterloo meant she wouldn’t have to move or commute. But biology, de Kievit quickly realized, was just a means for her to discover her real scientific passion. That passion, it turned out, was microbiology.

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