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Type: Scientist Quotes Category: American Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: January 30, 1949 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Peter Agre Related Authors: Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead George Wald Jim Fowler Clifford Geertz Maria Mitchell Joshua Lederberg Kenneth G. Wilson |
Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.
Peter Agre In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement. Peter Agre It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science. Peter Agre Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. Peter Agre My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop. Peter Agre My goal was to develop into an independent research scientist studying clinical problems at the laboratory bench, but I felt that postgraduate residency training in internal medicine was necessary. Peter Agre Our lab had always refrained from keeping our studies secret. Peter Agre The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm. Peter Agre The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems. Peter Agre We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. Peter Agre |
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