“My laboratory is interested in the related challenges of understanding the origin of life on the early earth, and constructing synthetic cellular life in the laboratory. Focusing on artificial life frees us to explore novel chemical systems, but what we… — 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
