Lab Member Profile -- Dr. Maurice Marsini

This week's group member profile features our beloved postdoctoral colleague Maurice, shown below in his native habitat. Amy has also installed a special application that you can find at the right of the screen; please click on Maurice's face to feed the fish. On to the interview ...

1. What is on your bedside table? my watch
2. Do you have posters up on your room walls? no
3. Do you still have tonsils? yes
4. Which do you prefer - Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi
5. What is the thing you love most about Amy? her keen scientific mind
6. Did you like Amy instantly? yes
7. If you had a lot of money, where would you go on vacation? Italy
8. Which part of you do you hate the most? height
9. When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do? reflect
10. Do you have any bad habits? don't have any
11. Describe yourself in three words. pragmatic, humble, freon
12. Are you mostly a clean or messy person? clean
13. What's your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night? eat a nice dinner with my wife
14. What's your favorite song of all time? Speedway to Nazareth by Mark Knopfler
15. What would be the main reason that anyone would want to be in a relationship with you? I'm a very understanding person.
16. If you won 10 million dollars, what would you do? live off 1 million and bank the rest for interest
17. Name your five favorite foods. shellfish, duck, my wife's pizza, venison, sauteed kale
18. Are you usually late, early, or right on time? early
19. You can have one of the following things: trust or love? trust
20. Are you the kind of friend that you would want to have as a friend? yes
21. Your best friend dies: what would you do? Why don't you drive yourself: because I'm a space cadet.
22. Would you give a homeless person CPR if they were dying? uh ... yes
23. Which would you choose -- true love with a guarantee of heart break or never having loved at all? true love with heart break
24. What is your middle name? Angelo
25. How big is your bed? queen-sized
26. Who was the last person you hugged? my wife
27. What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? butt
28. Have you ever fired a gun? yes
29. Are you hiding something from someone? no
30. What would you like people to call you, other than your name? Apollo
31. How does it feel to lose the weight loss competition to someone twice your age? fantastic