• LIFE IN SCIENCE
  • Becoming a Scientist
  • Advice to Young Scientists
  • Mentoring
  • Researchers
  • Scientific Research
  • Women in Science
• GENOME RESEARCH
  • Involvement in Genomics
  • Mechanics of the HGP
  • Challenges of the HGP
  • Surprises in the HGP
  • Competition in Science
  • Changes over Time
  • Gene Patenting
  • Government Involvement
  • Dangers of Genome Research
  • International Collaboration
  • The Future of Genomics
• STEM CELL RESEARCH
  • Stem Cell Research
• BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Biotechnology
• JAMES D. WATSON
  • Jim Watson as a Young Man
  • Discovering the Double Helix
  • Harvard, 1955-1976
  • CSHL, Director and President
  • The Human Genome Project
  • Research
  • Writer
  • Meeting Jim Watson
  • Mentoring
  • Professor & Administrator
  • Personality & Influence
  • "Lucky Jim"
  • Memories of Jim Watson
• CSHL
  • A Unique Place
  • History
  • Research
  • Meetings & Courses
  • Memories
  • Social Life
  • Special Aspects
  • Symposia
  • The Future of CSHL
  • WSBS
  • John Cairns
  • Milislav Demerec
  • Alfred Hershey
  • Barbara McClintock
  • Rich Roberts
  • Bruce Stillman

Becoming a Scientist

What drives people to study molecular biology?

Why do young students choose to devote their lives to scientific research?

Are they inspired by a teacher?

Intrigued by the discipline of understanding the secret of life?

Here scientists share their personal stories about their career choices.

SCIENTISTS SPEAKING ABOUT BECOMING A SCIENTIST

       

• Jerry Adams
• Bruce Alberts
• Leif Andersson
• Werner Arber
• Michael Ashburner
• David Bentley
• David Botstein
• Ann Burgess
• Mario Capecchi
• Don Caspar
• Aravinda Chakravarti
• Hans Clevers
• Suzanne Cory
• David Cox
• Jim Dahlberg
• Charles Delisi
• Paul Doty
• Ashley Dunn
• Ernst Peter Fischer
• Mary Jane Gething
• Richard Gibbs
• Charles Gilbert
• Raymond Gosling
• Jim Hicks
• Mahlon Hoagland
• Leroy Hood
• Nancy Hopkins
• H. Robert Horvitz
• James Kent
• Aaron Klug
• Eric Lander
• Peter Little
• Tom Maniatis
• Matthew Meselson
• Jeffrey Miller
• Karin Moelling
• David E. Muller
• Richard Myers
• Kim Nasmyth
• Ari Patrinos
• Ulf Pettersson
• Ron Plasterk
• Matt Ridley
• Gerald Rubin
• Nicoletta Sacchi
• Fred Sanger
• James Sherley
• Charles Sherr
• Merilyn Sleigh
• Hamilton Smith
• Joan Steitz
• Bruce Stillman
• John Sulston
• Waclaw Szybalski
• Marc Tessier-Lavigne
• Tim Tully
• Peter Vogt
• Robert Waterston
• Evelyn Witkin
• James Wyngaarden

Jerry Adams Bruce Alberts Leif Andersson Werner Arber Michael Ashburner David Bentley David Botstein Ann Burgess Mario Capecchi Don Caspar Aravinda Chakravarti Hans Clevers

Suzanne Cory David Cox Jim Dahlberg Charles Delisi Paul Doty Ashley Dunn Ernst Peter Fischer Mary Jane Gething Richard Gibbs Charles Gilbert Raymond Gosling Jim Hicks

Mahlon Hoagland Leroy Hood Nancy Hopkins H. Robert Horvitz James Kent Aaron Klug Eric Lander Peter Little Tom Maniatis Matthew Meselson Jeffrey Miller Karin Moelling

David E. Muller Richard Myers Kim Nasmyth Ari Patrinos Ulf Pettersson Ron Plasterk Matt Ridley Gerald Rubin Nicoletta Sacchi Fred Sanger James Sherley Charles Sherr

Merilyn Sleigh Hamilton Smith Joan Steitz Bruce Stillman John Sulston Waclaw Szybalski Marc Tessier-Lavigne Tim Tully Peter Vogt Robert Waterston Evelyn Witkin James Wyngaarden