Searching for the Invisible

All my life I have been motivated by the question "what is there beyond what I can easily see on the surface?" be it in research or in human relationships. As an undergraduate I was fascinated by quantum physics to understand matter at the atomic level and later in my career I tried zoom into the 3D structures of biological macromolecules trying to understand how "cogs" contributed to the "turning of big wheels". In this presentation I will briefly touch on our recent results on hard-to-detect conformational variants in solution of the ferric-binding protein FbpA, which plays a critical role in the survival of H. influenzae in its host and in this context, I will mention some of the mile stones in my career which may be useful for young women in science.