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b'This week we share two stories from people who have go on wild goose chases to find their dads. \\nPart 1: In his last year of medical school in Colombia, Gabriel Duran Rehbein finds out his father has been kidnapped.\\nPart 2: After seeing her dad lose control of his mind, art student Minerva Contreras decides to study the brain, in hopes of understanding him.\\nGabriel Duran Rehbein, MD describes himself as a huge nerd and a pathological optimist. He is currently making full use of both those characteristics as a Research Fellow in the Viviane Tabar Lab at MSKCC, where his work focuses on the development of a novel real-time drug screening platform for primary brain tumors using patient-derived three-dimensional explant cultures. He obtained his MD from Universidad de los Andes in his native city of Bogot\\xe1, Colombia. When he is not in the lab, Gabriel enjoys reading, attending concerts and spending time with friends. He is always on the lookout for places to go salsa dancing.\\u201d\\xa0 \\nMinerva Contreras is a senior at Universidad Autonoma\\xa0 de Queretaro, where she is majoring in Biotechnology Engineering with a\\xa0 focus in Biomedical Sciences. Her undergrad research has lead her to\\xa0 explore different areas within neurobiology such as the molecular\\xa0 biology of glioblastoma at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, and\\xa0 neurodegenerative diseases at UCSD Sanford Consortium for Regenerative\\xa0 Medicine. Before discovering her passion for science, Minerva completed\\xa0 an AA in Filmmaking; she believes this was an important contribution to\\xa0 her appreciation for diversity and humanities. Her future goals include\\xa0 pursuing a doctoral degree in Neurosciences, as well as creatively\\xa0 communicating science to the general public, especially future\\xa0 generations, in a relatable fashion. As of next fall, she will be a grad student in the Neurosciences PhD program at UCSD.\\xa0 In her spare time, she enjoys going\\xa0 on hikes with her dogs, strength training, and spending time with her\\xa0 family and friends.\\xa0 \\xa0\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'