“How many times have I read a letter which has taken the piece I’ve put in my website and repeated it back to me?” Nobel Laureate Paul Nurse explains how he chooses the best young scientists for his lab.

Paul Nurse, who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the cell cycle, visited China from 14-16 December 2014 as part of the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative. Through the Initiative, Nobel Laureates give career advice for young scientists, explain their discoveries and give insights into life after the Nobel Prize.

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