title: The birth of enthusiasm and passion for science.
abstract: In this paper I describe the main aspects of my career and focus on the retrospective on my life and my work.
authors.affiliation: Inst. de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, EAN, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal claudina@itqb.unl.pt.
authors.forename: Claudina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodrigues-Pousada
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008829:Microbiology / Q000266:history*
keywords: D. gigas; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Tetrahymena; retrospective