While LaBrot wears many hats to keep his project afloat -- he often serves as captain, cook and labtechnician -- he says he wouldn't have it any other way.
As Obama works to meet those high expectations and deal with mounting conservative criticism of his approach, Guynn is hoping his classes eventually land him a new career as a crime labtechnician.
When a lab is ready to run a test, months or years later, a technician retrieves the plate from storage, then simply pops out one or more of the wells.