What is Life? - with Paul Nurse
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Published 2019-12-19
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Sir Paul Nurse is a geneticist and cell biologist whose discoveries have helped to explain how the cell controls its cycle of growth and division. Working in fission yeast, he showed that the cdc2 gene encodes a protein kinase, which ensures the cell is ready to copy its DNA and divide. Paul’s findings have broader significance since errors in cell growth and division may lead to cancer and other serious diseases. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, alongside Tim Hunt and Leland H. Hartwell.
This Discourse was filmed in the Ri on 25 October 2019.
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All Comments (21)
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Paul was one of my tutors when he was just a post- doc researcher. He was/is a lovely man as well as being a very good scientist.
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Paul Nurse is always a pleasure. Thank you RI!
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What a remarkable lecture. Incredible that he was able to lay out all the principles of life, in such detail and clarity, considering the complexity, in just an hour. Bravo, Paul Nurse!
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This was the most interesting talk I've ever had the privilege to hear. Thank you very much Paul. Please, let us hear more.
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A befitting work which should probably termed Masterpiece. Hands of to you Mr. Nurse. Infinite respect and love from India.
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Unusually well-written as well typically informative. The structure illustrates the content. So glad I clicked! Usually I’m more drawn to the physics ones. But then it is!
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Wow, brilliant lecture, well done! Even with only a few simple slides and reading from paper notes stapled together instead of a fancy laptop, he delivered a hugely informative and fascinating presentation. 🙌
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Probably one of the best lectures about life I've seen!!
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"Life, don't talk to me about life" -- Marvin
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Brilliant exposition. Thank you for posting this.
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What an amazing lecture!
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This is a brilliant framework of principles by Sir Paul on how analyze what is life? Hope it becomes a course that he can teach. The other brilliant scientists such as Schrodinger, Mendel, Darwin and Pasteur are amazing that they could have surmised so much from so little observable things, since they didn't have any of our current sophisticated tools.
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He was awarded an Honoris Causa during my MSc convocation at McGill, June 2017 :)
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Beautifully explained.
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A brilliant instructor and an amazing tie.
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And now I have watched two interviews regarding this book!
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What an amazing lecture! The amount of fundamentals covered here is just amazing. Learning from first principles, understanding the basics clearly are extremely important...I am glad i watched this! Thank u guys!
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What an awesome talk. If I was still a teacher I would want to share that talk with all my students!
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SIR THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING LIFE AND HELPING US TO APPRICIATE LIFE ON EARTH AND PERHAPS SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE ALL NEED TO RESPECT LIFE . WITH LIFE . IN LIFE THERE IS EVERYTHING ELSE WHATEVER.
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Science (chemistry/physics) of life at explained at it's best using common sense arguments. Thank you !
