Venkatraman Ramakrishnan quotes - page 2

The ribosome does amazing chemistry, but I'm not a chemist...I've just learnt enough to work on my problem. (Venkatraman Ramakrishnan)
It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Or your approach may be fatally flawed and doomed to fail. Or you could get scooped just as you are finalising your work. It is very stressful. View quote
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I think it is the ability to tackle difficult problems in a sort of stable and supportive environment. I think that is the real key to it. View quote
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A life of science struck me as being both interesting and international in character. View quote
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Fundamental information about the workings of the cellular machinery at the atomic level and is already being exploited by pharmaceutical companies to make new, more effective antibiotics. View quote
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