"Everything I did in high school was focused……" — Randy Schekman
"Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I was 13, I saved up $100 to buy a good used microscope. I was obsessed with microorganisms."
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12 Quotes by Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman has 12 quotes on this site.
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It's actually a very unpleasant experience to read a Nature paper, or to read a Science paper.
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I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.
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The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also…
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I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.
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It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the journal…
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my…
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When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card…
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Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the chemistry of life.
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The prevailing structures of personal reputation and career advancement mean the biggest rewards often follow the flashiest work, not the…
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Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for…
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More Algae Quotes
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one of 18 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet.…
— Lewis Thomas
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Most of the reefs [around Christmas Island] are dead, most of the corals are dead, overgrown by algae, and most…
— Enric Sala
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We're making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that's actually made from a plant-like…
— Barack Obama
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[The oyster] accepts algae and detritus in one end - and through this beautiful, glamorous set of stomach organs, out…
— Unknown Author
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The entire range of living matter on Earth from whales to viruses and from oaks to algae could be regarded…
— James Lovelock
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For example, in my own State of Arizona, an Israeli scientist is working with an Arizona company on a demonstration…
— John Shadegg
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Take the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth and scale it down to a single year, with January 1 being…
— Neil Shubin
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Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of…
— Jacob Bronowski
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There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or…
— Evangeline Lilly
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Coral reefs are under assault. They are rapidly being degraded by human activities. They are over-fished, bombed and poisoned. They…
— Klaus Topfer
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But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking - and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of…
— Charles Krauthammer
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