Frases de Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (29 citas)

When he refused to believe the telephonic news about his Nobel Prize and accused his caller a poor hoaxer.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

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

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“The ribosome does amazing chemistry, but I’m not a chemist…I’ve just learnt enough to work on my problem.”

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Appreciate science for what it is: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

“It takes a certain amount of courage to tackle very hard problems in science, I now realise. You don't know what the timescale of your work will be: decades or only a few years. Or your approach may be fatally flawed and doomed to fail. Or you could get scooped just as you are finalising your work. It is very stressful.”

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“I think it is the ability to tackle difficult problems in a sort of stable and supportive environment. I think that is the real key to it.”

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About his work in the Cambridge Laboratory of Molecular Biology quoted in [Busi, Marco, Doing Research That Matters: Shaping the Future of Management, http://books.google.com/books?id=J1wdKZ36hwcC&pg=PA133, 2013, Emerald Group Publishing, 978-0-85724-707-0, 133–]

“There are already people who are world class in India, for example C. N. R. Rao (who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry). He is an example of how you can do first rate international work within India. So I would say to Indians — you have it within you to do this”

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in India
Venki’ makes light of India link- Winner says not to treat science like cricket; league of misses grows

“My own lab has two Chinese, a Malaysian, a Canadian, an American, a German, it has had all sorts of people. And it’s actually fun because people from different countries come together, they have cultural exchanges, they learn more about each others’ countries and way of life. Science is a great international mixer, so the idea that it is a sort of cricket match where our team won — that simply is a wrong way of looking at scientific discovery.”

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Commenting on the adulation he received in India as an Indian.
Venki’ makes light of India link- Winner says not to treat science like cricket; league of misses grows

“Find out what really fascinates you and follow that. Almost anything in nature, if you follow it, you will find a scientific problem. That is a better way to do it than following fads, because what is fashionable today may have been solved or fallen out of fashion once you have become a working scientist.”

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“It’s an absolutely good thing. I can think of one even better thing for young people, especially in India. It shows them you can study in India, get your basic education in India and you can (then) do whatever you want after that. That’s a very important message.”

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Venki’ makes light of India link- Winner says not to treat science like cricket; league of misses grows

“Dr. Ramakrishnan addressing an audience of 3,000 at the university’s Centenary Auditorium.”

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Appreciate science for what it is: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

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

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“This is an honour that reflects the quality of science supported by the Medical Research Council, in particular at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. In my case, credit should go to the numerous dedicated postdocs, students, associates and colleagues who made crucial contributions to the work.”

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Quoted in Knighthood for Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, 31 December 2011, 19 December 2013, NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/knighthood-for-venkatraman-ramakrishnan-162464,

“If I had complained about the prize before I got mine, they may have thought I was anticipating sour grapes. But I complained on the grounds that too many important scientists get missed out for Nobels. Science today is a highly collaborative exercise and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science. On the other hand, I am grateful to the committee for my award. It put the study of ribosome – the cellular machine that turns the blueprint of life into life itself – on front pages round the world.”

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science

“No. Geeks make huge advances in society. Newton was the ultimate geek. It should be a compliment.”

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When asked if he could be called a geek.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science