“Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom pro...” — Charles Best Quote

“Public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit to violins for a school recital to microscope slides for a biology class.”

“Donorschoose.org is the one place where somebody with $10 gets the same level of impact and feedback from the recipients that Bill Gates gets when he's making a million-dollar gift.”

“Whether you're raising money for a cause, a personal need, or a project, most crowdfunding sites center on you hitting up people you already know. These sites make it easier to tap your social network for funds, but only the most compelling cases inspire support from strangers.”

“When I was at Stanford, I was actually in the cancer biology program, but I mostly focused on infectious disease.”

“It was Max Perutz who inspired me to go into structural biology when he gave a lecture at Harvard in 1963. As soon as I heard him talk, I decided that this is what I want to do.”

“My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.”