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Birthday surprise
Celebrating his 90th birthday on Jan. 18, emeritus professor of genetics James Crow played viola and performed a 15-minute recital with violinist Melissa Wei, the youngest member of the genetics group, before colleagues and students gathered in the auditorium at the Genetics-Biotechnology Center. Crow described the performance as “a warm-up act” for a colloquium on zebra fish. The recital was a gift to colleagues and students in the genetics group. Crow remains active in his field and is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on population genetics. Wei is an 18-year-old high school student working in the lab of genetics professor Rick Vierstra and already is taking a course in genetics at UW–Madison.

Photo: Jeff Miller