…degree in botany and began working at an incredibly prestigious lab at the University of Washington, studying yeast replication with Leland Hartwell. And believe it or not, the research that Richard Gutierrez was doing with Hartwell truly was the basis of a…

…of Washington, studying yeast replication with Leland Hartwell. And believe it or not, the research that Richard Gutierrez was doing with Hartwell truly was the basis of a Nobel Prize because this was research that was used to uncover the mechanism of cell…

…mechanism of cell division. I mean, this is work so fundamental that it's almost taken for granted again. I even contacted Leland Hartwell, now 81 years old, the Nobel laureate, and he responded promptly, and he said, Dear Hamilton, that was a long time…

…as a student helper. He was bright, enthusiastic, and a wonderful person to have in the lab. I didn't tell Dr. Hartwell that Richard Gutierrez invented one of the most notorious strains of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, one that looks like a penis, but I…

…in touch with both sides. And actually, the person I worked with, ended up winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Who's that? Hartwell. He was a geneticist. Then he took over the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. And that's when he won it.…