INSPIRATION ELAINE, how would you describe Benjamin's research? What drew you to it in the first place and what are some of the ideas or images that were worth exploring? Benjamin is researching autophagy, the degradation of cellular components by enzymes of the same cell, and its role in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. This involves research on the degradation of pathogenic proteins in tissues and how these proteins, in turn, affect autophagy under different conditions