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That is the wrong question to ask…You can’t go into science thinking of a Nobel Prize. You can only go into science because you’re interested in it.

— Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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A life of science struck me as being both interesting and international in character.

In the current debate about immigration, it is worth noting that this award is yet another example of the numerous contributions that immigrants make to British society.

People go into science out of curiosity, not to win awards. But scientists are human and have ambitions. Even the best scientists are often insecure and feel the need for recognition.

Indeed, many of the founding members of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology were immigrants themselves, and they helped to revolutionise modern biology."

Scientists work by a combination of intuition and insight in trying to understand a question.

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