In sports, music, and acting, talent often runs in the family. But what about science?
Both of 17-year-old Gabriella Rothberg’s parents are scientists, which helps explain why she grew up with laboratories in her yard and scientific discussions as part of everyday life.
Her father, Jonathan Rothberg, helped pioneer next-generation DNA sequencing through his biotechnology company, 454 Life Sciences, and received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama in 2016. Her mother, Bonnie Gould Rothberg, is a physician and cancer researcher who spent years at Yale before joining a University of Miami initiative studying cancer risks among firefighters…