"Small world, right?" Sam grinned, clearly thrilled as well. It was difficult for him to fully trust people when it came to the true nature of his work, but that was because most were so judgmental and just did not understand the obvious benefits. He essentially did everything on his own, but for once, he was going to at least mediocre hopes (for now) about collaborating. Set your hopes too high and they were often smashed when they went unfulfilled, set them too low and you went through life being pessimistic and no one liked you.
"I'm really interested in hearing about your experiences," he went on. "Oh! I found copies of my research articles in my mess of boxes. I can get them later. One was about immunology and host-pathogen interactions, then there's cell transfection, and your favorite and mine - gene therapy. But we have all day, so," the man shrugged. "Where do you want to go?"