• 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
• Cori Bargmann
• Yasmine Belkaid
• David Bentley
• David Botstein
• Ann Burgess
• Mario Capecchi
• Don Caspar
• Aravinda Chakravarti
• Hans Clevers
• Suzanne Cory
• David Cox
• Jim Dahlberg
• Charles Delisi
• Paul Doty
• Jennifer Doudna
• Ashley Dunn
• Gerry Fink
• Ernst Peter Fischer
• Mary Jane Gething
• Richard Gibbs
• Charles Gilbert
• Raymond Gosling
• David Haussler
• Jim Hicks
• Mahlon Hoagland
• Susan Hockfield
• Leroy Hood
• Nancy Hopkins
• H. Robert Horvitz
• Katalin Kariko
• James Kent
• Aaron Klug
• Eric Lander
• Peter Little
• Tom Maniatis
• Matthew Meselson
• Barbara Meyer
• Jeffrey Miller
• Karin Moelling
• David E. Muller
• Christine Mummery
• Richard Myers
• Kim Nasmyth
• Ari Patrinos
• Ulf Pettersson
• Ron Plasterk
• Matt Ridley
• Gerald Rubin
• Nicoletta Sacchi
• Fred Sanger
• Lucy Shapiro
• 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

Jerry Adams Bruce Alberts Leif Andersson Werner Arber Michael Ashburner Cori Bargmann Yasmine Belkaid David Bentley David Botstein Ann Burgess Mario Capecchi Don Caspar Aravinda Chakravarti Hans Clevers Suzanne Cory

David Cox Jim Dahlberg Charles Delisi Paul Doty Jennifer Doudna Ashley Dunn Gerry Fink Ernst Peter Fischer Mary Jane Gething Richard Gibbs Charles Gilbert Raymond Gosling David Haussler Jim Hicks Mahlon Hoagland

Susan Hockfield Leroy Hood Nancy Hopkins H. Robert Horvitz Katalin Kariko James Kent Aaron Klug Eric Lander Peter Little Tom Maniatis Matthew Meselson Barbara Meyer Jeffrey Miller Karin Moelling David E. Muller

Christine Mummery Richard Myers Kim Nasmyth Ari Patrinos Ulf Pettersson Ron Plasterk Matt Ridley Gerald Rubin Nicoletta Sacchi Fred Sanger Lucy Shapiro 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