Randy Schekman Quotes

• Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the chemistry of life.

  Randy Schekman

  Cells, Enzymes, Chemistry

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• I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.

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  Humanity, World, Scientist

  "How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science" by Randy Schekman, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2013.

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• I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.

  Randy Schekman

  Inspiration, Hard Work, Figures

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• I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.

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  Cells, Desire, Driven

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• The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.

  Randy Schekman

  Dedication, Ideas, Curiosity

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• It's actually a very unpleasant experience to read a Nature paper, or to read a Science paper.

  Randy Schekman

  Paper, Unpleasant Experiences

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• The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.

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  Optimistic, Night, Years

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• It is common, and encouraged by many journals, for research to be judged by the impact factor of the journal that publishes it. But as a journal's score is an average, it says little about the quality of any individual piece of research.

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  Impact, Average, Quality

  "How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science" by Randy Schekman, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2013.

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• Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I was 13, I saved up $100 to buy a good used microscope. I was obsessed with microorganisms.

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  School, Algae, Hours

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• When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.

  Randy Schekman

  Three, Cards, Five

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