title: A question of taste.
abstract: A career in science is shaped by many factors, one of the most important being our tastes in research. These typically form early and are shaped by subsequent successes and failures. My tastes run to microscopes, chemistry, and spatial organization of cytoplasm. I will try to identify where they came from, how they shaped my career, and how they continue to evolve. My hope is to inspire young scientists to identify and celebrate their own unique tastes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mitchison
mesh_terms: D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008853:Microscopy / Q000266:history; D012106:Research / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States