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Susan Lindquist
(5 Jun 1949 - 27 Oct 2016)
American molecular biologist who investigated protein folding and its role in disease. She gained a global reputation for biomedical innovation and was awarded a National Medal of Science.
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Science Quotes by Susan Lindquist (5 quotes)
[Receiving a university scholarship] was fundamentally important to me, to be able to afford going to school, and I still believe so strongly in the value of public education and state-funded universities.
— Susan Lindquist
As quoted in Anna Azvolinsky, 'Fearless About Folding', The Scientist (Jan 2016).
[Rochelle Esposito] said that she didn’t normally interfere, but wanted to tell me that it was really risky to switch organisms before getting tenure.
— Susan Lindquist
Recollection in her own words, as quoted in Anna Azvolinsky, 'Fearless About Folding', The Scientist (Jan 2016).
I like to do high-risk and high-payoff kind of research. And I had a gut feeling that MIT was a cool place to be with people who are fearless.
— Susan Lindquist
As quoted in Anna Azvolinsky, 'Fearless About Folding', The Scientist (Jan 2016).
I remember being with my grandmother and mother and my uncle came in and asked what I wanted to be when grew up. I said ‘A doctor,’ which took him aback. He was expecting me to say ‘nurse’ or ‘actress.’ And my mother and grandmother laughed like, ‘Kids say the darndest things.’ I grew up in a time when women were not expected to do anything interesting.
— Susan Lindquist
As quoted in Anna Azvolinsky, 'Fearless About Folding', The Scientist (Jan 2016).
I thought it was a miracle that I got this faculty appointment and was so happy to be there for a few years that I just wanted to follow what was exciting for me. I didn’t have expectations of getting tenure. So this was an aspect of gender inequality that was extremely positive. It allowed me to be fearless.
— Susan Lindquist
As quoted in Anna Azvolinsky, 'Fearless About Folding', The Scientist (Jan 2016).
See also:
- 5 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Lindquist's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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