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Paul Nurse
British
Scientist
Born:
Jan 25
,
1949
Biology
Good
Me
School
Science
Time
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I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.
Paul Nurse
Pilot
Enthusiastic
Am
Still
Mountain
Walker
Keen
At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.
Paul Nurse
Age
School
Secondary
Secondary School
State
Academic
County
Boy
Moved
Grammar
Grammar School
I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.
Paul Nurse
Work
Good
Strong
Reputation
Biology
Good Place
Excellent
Had
Genetics
Because
Tradition
Decided
Place
Molecular
Brighton
University
I felt strongly that since the pursuit of good science was so difficult it was essential that the problem being studied was an important one to justify the effort expanded.
Paul Nurse
Good
Science
Problem
Important
Difficult
Strongly
Pursuit
Studied
Since
Felt
Effort
Essential
Being
Justify
I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember making my own beetle collection when it was still acceptable to make such collections.
Paul Nurse
Time
Great
Fruit
Remember
Own
Collection
Collections
Mutant
Following
My Own
Investigating
Had
Great Time
Also
Make
Acceptable
Scientific
Making
Still
Beetle
American
Different
Experimental
Flies
Published
I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.
Paul Nurse
Science
Humanity
Progressive
Idealistic
Force
View
I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.
Paul Nurse
Family
Only
Only Child
Like
Times
Child
Being
Far
Youngest
I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
Paul Nurse
Time
Good
Me
Memory
Enough
Enough Time
Finding
Follow
Follow-Up
Examination
Seemed
Exams
Rather
Having
Never
Up
Very
Artificial
Process
Interested
Poor
Really
Things
It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
Paul Nurse
Knowledge
Own
Ways
Has-Been
See
More
Pursue
Practical
How
Sake
Been
Privilege
Might
Mankind
Help
It was during my time at secondary school that I abandoned religion.
Paul Nurse
Time
Religion
School
Secondary
Secondary School
Abandoned
My Time
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee mutants that were advanced prematurely through the cell cycle and so divided at a reduced cell size.
Paul Nurse
Controlling
Analysis
Rate
Wee
Divided
Through
Crucial
Main
Advanced
Steps
Identify
Reduced
Were
Efforts
Trying
Cell
Size
Cycle
Prematurely
My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.
Paul Nurse
School
Parents
Extremely
Neither
Wealthy
Both
Supportive
Academic
Comfortably
Always
Were
Nor
Efforts
Aspirations
Lived
University
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