One thing I liked about being in microscopy is it gets you out of your box constantly because there's such a diverse… — Eric Betzig About Copy Share Image
What was shocking to us was that by spreading the energy out across seven beams instead of one, the phototoxicity went way… — Eric Betzig Across Copy Share Image
I'm spoiled. All of my adult jobs have left me with complete freedom to come up with what I wanted. — Eric Betzig Adult Copy Share Image
I was born in 1960 and can still tell you the name of every astronaut from Mercury to Apollo. If I had… — Eric Betzig Apollo Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and institution can go belly… — Eric Betzig Any Copy Share Image
Sometimes I make an analogy that each scientific paper is like putting out another record. And some people have careers that are… — Eric Betzig Analogy Copy Share Image
The eventual goal is to marry all of my work together to make a high-speed, high-resolution, low-impact tool that can look deep… — Eric Betzig Biological Copy Share Image
Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're… — Eric Betzig Baby Copy Share Image
The question was, 'Is there a way of minimizing the amount of damage you're doing so that you can then study cells… — Eric Betzig Also Copy Share Image
Chemistry was always my weakest subject in high school and college. — Eric Betzig Always Copy Share Image
Honestly, I feel you are poisoned if you read too much of the scientific literature because it makes you start thinking like… — Eric Betzig Because Copy Share Image
Frankly, I guess, I don't really understand why people, why so many people, are so risk averse. You know, there's always ways… — Eric Betzig Always Copy Share Image
Like you can't have a car that can take the kids to schools on Friday and win the grand prix on Saturday,… — Eric Betzig Car Copy Share Image
I really didn't like the academic structure of science, but I realized I loved science and missed science. — Eric Betzig Academic Copy Share Image
When I listen to music from different eras, I sense different things. The 1940s music, there's so much optimism and romance, maybe… — Eric Betzig Because Copy Share Image
We can track and see the production of single molecules, trace them and see how they assemble into structures. — Eric Betzig Assemble Copy Share Image
You get so tied up with the minutiae of the day-to-day, there's never a chance to sit back and let your subconscious… — Eric Betzig Back Copy Share Image
You need a continuous picture of how things are evolving, and not a slow series of snapshots where you don't know how… — Eric Betzig Continuous Copy Share Image
In essence, we're imaging the same cell for anywhere from forty to a hundred thousand times to create one of the movies… — Eric Betzig Anywhere Copy Share Image
It always irritated me that people think they have to be locked into a career path. — Eric Betzig Always Copy Share Image
I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more. — Eric Betzig Going Copy Share Image
