Sam Adhikary spends most of his time in the IHMRI labs studying graft versus host disease - a fatal side effect of bone marrow transplantation. When he isn't in the lab, Sam is usually writing his thesis, or teaching undergraduate biology at the University of Wollongong. 

Outside of his life as a scientist, Sam has spent a lot of his time practicing shotokan karate. 

How does the patience and discipline of becoming a black belt in karate translate into the lab?