In my lab, we're interested in the transition from chemistry to early biology on the early earth. — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
What do cells do when they see a broken piece of DNA? Cells don't like such breaks. They'll do pretty much anything they can… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
I was born in London, England during the great fog of 1952, but survived the coal-fueled air pollution with no ill effects and after… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
“My laboratory is interested in the related challenges of understanding the origin of life on the early earth, and constructing synthetic cellular life in… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
Years ago R.N.A. was kind of a bit player in the cell. Now our picture's completely inverted, and we think R.N.A.'s really the important… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere. You have… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
I remember in 1967, when there was that terrible fire on NASA's Apollo 1 rocket that killed three astronauts, my father made pure oxygen… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
In my lab, we're interested in the transition from chemistry to early biology on the early earth. — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
I have generally sought to work on questions that I thought were both interesting and approachable, yet not too widely appreciated. To struggle to… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
