31/05/2023
"I loved math when I was growing up. Nobody in my family was a scientist, but my father loved doing puzzles. So we did a lot of puzzles. I was growing up in a small town in Hawaii and I loved the natural environment there. I found myself fascinated by the evolution of plants and animals that survived in that native island environment. This was long before I knew anything about DNA, but I thought it was so interesting that I wondered about the chemistry of natural systems and natural organisms. I decided I wanted to be a chemist."
In our interview with 2020 chemistry laureate Jennifer Doudna, she tells us about how her scientific journey started. Read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/2M82Chu
06/10/2022