At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends.

People are not the only interesting organism on earth. From the point of view of scientific or commercial value, there are lots of interesting organisms.

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World.

I also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it.

High school students ought to seek out campus communities where they feel not only empowered to engage their talents, but also challenged to leave their comfort zones. The ability to embrace new opportunities emerges, in part, from a willingness to take risks and to fail.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

I'm not an engineer. I did not study engineering in school. But I was a super ambitious student growing up.

No one has the right to threaten the health, education, and well-being of children by involving them in illegal or inappropriate work.