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
- David Haussler
- 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
- Robert Weinberg
- Evelyn Witkin
- James Wyngaarden