Physiology or Medicine
Harald zur Hausen – Biographical
Biographical
Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately all members of my family survived the war and post-war period. As a child I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at…
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Eric R. Kandel – Biographical
Biographical
Prologue: Life in Vienna in the 1930sThere was little in my early life to indicate that an interest in biology would become the passion of my academic career. In fact, there was little to suggest I would have an academic career. Rather, my early life was importantly shaped by my experiences in Vienna and I…
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Bruce A. Beutler – Biographical
Biographical
One of the happiest days of my lifeIt was 2:30 a.m. on October 3, 2011, and I was at home, in my small condominium in San Diego, CA. I was sleepless, having recently returned from a trip to Hong Kong. There I had shared the Shaw Prize in Life Sciences: one of a series of…
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