<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Covid hero Drew Weissman, long time mRNA researcher, hails from these parts - <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">"Growing up in <u class="">Lexington, Mass</u>., Weissman was noticeably more disciplined, self-possessed and capable than other kids, his younger sister, Stephanie Weissman, recalled. When they went sailing with cousins, Drew would sail and everyone else would be crew — which meant he did everything.</i><br class=""><br class=""><i class="">“He is one of those people who was born 40,” Stephanie said.</i><br class=""><br class=""><i class="">At <u class="">Brandeis University</u>, he met his future wife, Mary Ellen Weissman. A friend introduced them when Mary Ellen was having trouble with calculus. It was hard to get to know him at first, and they wouldn’t start dating right away. But he was smart — and funny.</i><br class=""><br class=""><i class="">When she was having trouble grasping the concept of infinity, he broke it down for her. “Imagine you could have all the clothes that you wanted,” Weissman said. “That’s infinity.” … </i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class=""><a href="https://wapo.st/3l0dEE9" class="">https://wapo.st/3l0dEE9</a> (link good for 14 days) </i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div></body></html>