Sydney Brenner Quotes

A collection of quotes by Sydney Brenner.

Sydney Brenner (1927-2019) was a prominent South African biologist and Nobel laureate. He is best known for his groundbreaking work on the tiny transparent roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which significantly contributed to our understanding of genetics and developmental biology. Brenner established C. elegans as a model organism for scientific research, making numerous key discoveries and formulating important theories. His visionary contributions also played a crucial role in the Human Genome Project. Brenner's significant advances in molecular biology and genomics have laid the foundation for many subsequent scientific advancements.

In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a g

In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an environment where young people could pursue science in an atmosphere of harmonious purpose and high intellectual challenge.

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Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all re

Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.

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I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the

I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code.

In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I beg

In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions.

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway st

I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to the University, carrying sandwiches for my lunch and returning in the evening the same way.