When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Beckett’s expression finally softened. “Should we try to placate Christine?”

“No need. I know Chris well, she’s not one for power struggles or internal conflicts. She’s one of the rare few who are deeply committed to academia,” said Hendrix.

“What about her three students and the lab everyone’s talking about in the papers…”

Hendrix tapped the desk, where a copy of Elgerson Daily lay open on a page covering the story of Miranda and her team’s self–built lab. He stayed quiet for a long time.

Beckett remained silent as well.

At last, Hendrix spoke, “We’ll just let them be. These three students…. Well, they have resources, they have land, and they managed to get their approvals through So they indeed have the skills to back it up.

“But just building a lab doesn’t guarantee academic output. It’s too early to tell what their future holds. Even if they do produce results, it will still reflect on the college, so it’s not a concern.”

Beckett chuckled a bit dismissively. “Three first–year graduate students producing significant results? Sure, Miranda has a ‘Science‘ publication, but it was only a review, not original research. It’s not on the

same level.”

Beckett was

after the lab’s establishment, the paper titled “Computational Principles and Challenges in Single–Cell Data Integration” that was co–authored by Miranda, Madison, and

shook the

world’s leading academic journals under the Nature” series. They specialized in the latest advancements in bioinformatics and were ranked among the top journals in the

was an extremely prestigious publication, leagues beyond

the paper was credited solely to Infinity Lab, without any affiliation to the college. There was no mention of ‘Bedford College”

stunned. Are

sir. Here’s the journal index–it’s searchable now, Annie replied,

looked at it and felt his legs turning weak. After a pause, he managed to say, “Aren’t

hesitated, then nodded. “Yes, they are first–year

enough to publish in

silent. Technically, they shouldn’t be able to, but clearly, they had.

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way to answer him.