I don't think so. I feel, maybe it's because I'm getting old, I feel that I can be, and I am, friendly with everybody in science. And that's one of the wonderful things about being a scientist. You can go to any country, no matter what their political system is, what their religions are, that if you meet a scientist and talk science there's an instant understanding, an instant connection. And essentially, I feel as a scientist I have friends all over the world.

Peter K. Vogt works at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California. His fundamental studies on oncogenic avian retroviruses led to the identification of oncogenes in human cells. His work also includes the discovery of MYC, the most important driver in human cancer, and he made pioneering contributions to the understanding of PI3Ks, a family of critical cancer targets.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine and the American Philosophical Society. Dr. Vogt remains actively engaged in research on the biology and genetics of cancer.