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I am very grateful for the dedicated work and intellectual contributions of generations of talented postdocs, students and research assistants without whom none of the work from my laboratory would have been possible.

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I started working on ribosomes when I was a post doc, in 1978, when it would have been impossible, really, to solve it. But, it was just a fundamental problem in biology.

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I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.

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I'm very grateful to have had many brilliant students and post-docs who have worked with me. Potential is often hard to spot, but a key factor is whether they express a genuine interest in the problem and how they have thought about it.

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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.

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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.

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We live in an increasingly technological world where the issues are quite complex and based on some complicated science.

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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.

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People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions.

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Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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