How did she get power to equipment like her centrifuge?
Dr. Tishkoff explains. “One of the centrifuges was run off of the car battery. For the second one, we tried to work at clinics and mission hospitals that either had electricity or generator power.” How did she power her computers? With solar panels that use sunlight to make energy. Dr. Tishkoff and her lab assistant needed a form called a visa to travel in the different countries. How did she get them? She made personal visits to the countries’ embassies in Washington, D.C. (Dr. Tishkoff says) “I also had to get research permits from the Tanzanian government. I wrote a proposal that was carefully reviewed and accepted by a panel of medical doctors and by officials at the Tanzania Center for Science and Technology.” Grants Research like Dr. Tishkoff’s costs a lot of money. Many organizations make research like this possible by giving money, called grants, to scientists. Dr. Tishkoff had to write several grant proposals that described her work. She won grants from the National Science Fo
