10 Carol W. Greider Quotes for You to Enjoy

Carol W. Greider

American Scientist

Born: Apr 15, 1961

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Science can promote an understanding between people at a really fundamental level. Carol W. Greider

Science People Understanding Promote Between Really Fundamental Level

My father worked in high-energy nuclear physics, and my mother was a mycologist and a geneticist. After both parents completed postdoctoral fellowships in San Diego in 1962, my father took a faculty position in the Physics Department at Yale, and so the family moved to New Haven, Connecticut. Carol W. Greider

Family Physics Mother Father Parents Took Completed Haven Both Faculty New Geneticist Yale Department Diego Moved After San San Diego Worked Connecticut Nuclear Nuclear Physics Position

I enjoyed biology in high school, and that brought me to a research lab at U.C. Santa Barbara. I loved doing experiments, and I had fun with them. I realized this kind of problem-solving fit my intellectual style. Carol W. Greider

Me School Style Research Biology Kind High High School Brought Had Doing Intellectual Fit Lab Problem-Solving Loved Experiments Barbara Them Realized Santa Fun Enjoyed

What I found out on Christmas Day 1984, through biochemical evidence, was that telomeres could be lengthened by the enzyme we called telomerase, which keeps the telomeres from wearing down. After I found that out, I went home and put on Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA,' which was just out, and I danced and danced and danced. Carol W. Greider

In 1978, Elizabeth Blackburn, working with Joe Gall, identified the DNA sequence of telomeres. Every time a cell divides, it gets shorter. But telomeres usually don't. So there must be something happening to the telomeres to keep their length in equilibrium. Carol W. Greider

Time Every Every Time Must Joe Something Divides Identified Equilibrium Cell Gets Happening Length Gall Working Sequence Keep Elizabeth

What intrigues basic scientists like me is that anytime we do a series of experiments, there are going to be three or four new questions that come up when you think you've answered one. Carol W. Greider

Me You Three Think Intrigues New Come Like Answered Scientists Questions Up Going Experiments Anytime Series Basic Four

As a kid, I thought of myself as stupid because I needed remedial help. It was not until much later that I figured out that I was dyslexic and that my trouble with spelling and sounding out words did not mean I was stupid, but early impressions stuck with me and colored my world for a time. Carol W. Greider

Time Myself Me Dyslexic Words World Thought Trouble Stupid Spelling Later Kid Out Colored Stuck Until Because Impressions Did Mean Much Help Figured Early Needed

It takes years to realize the multiple benefits of science; without adequate, sustained funding for research, the careers of many bright, young scientists may come to a screeching halt. Carol W. Greider

Science Benefits Young Research Adequate Takes Come Without Halt Scientists Years May Sustained Realize Many Multiple Bright Funding Careers

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