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Paul Nurse Biography

Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FREng FMedSci (born 25 January 1949), is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Leland Hartwell and Tim Hunt for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells in the cell cycle.

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I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

Children, Like, Only Child, Times, Youngest, Youngest Child

I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.

Humanity, Liberalising, Progressive, View, Views

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

Advisable, Dark, Edinburgh, Long, Winter, Winters

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.

Beetle, Different, Fruit Flies, Making, Mutants, Remember

How scientists go about their job: and it's a process, it's a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative explanations and then testing them. . . . There is a problem sometimes with how we teach science at schools. Because we sometimes teach it as if it has been chiseled in stone.

Asking Questions, Explanations, Jobs, Question, School, Testing

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

Academic, Age, Boys, Harrow, School

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

Beautiful, Gives, Giving, Pleasure, Reading

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

Good, Improved, Quality, Understanding, World

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.

Cells, Effort, Marijuana, Prematurely, Size, Wee

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

Attention, Attracted, Sky, Stars, Winter

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

Enthusiastic, Mountain, Pilot, Pilots, Walker

I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.

Amongst, Art, Influence, Philosophy, Wife

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.

Artificial, Enough Time, Examination, Memories, Process, Things

Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment and observation, They don't cherry pick data, They take a skeptical approach to what they do. And then scientists work together to get a consensus as to what should be believed And that generates very reliable knowledge and that reliable knowledge drives innovation

Cherry, Data, Innovation, Isaac, Times, Together

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.

Effort, Essential, Essentials, Important, Justify, Science

Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.

Careers, Drudgery, Including, Philosophy, Real