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Peter Agre
American
Scientist
About the author
My goal was to develop into an independent research scientist studying clinical problems at the laboratory bench, but I felt that postgraduate residency training in internal medicine was necessary.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Problems
#Research
#Training
#Goal
#Medicine
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Bible
#Christmas
#Dad
The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Problems
#World
#Career
#Health
Our lab had always refrained from keeping our studies secret.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Wife
#Commitment
#Research
#Future
#Meeting
#Events
Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Language
#School
#Russia
#Camping
It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Honor
#Science
#Usefulness
#Remarkable
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United States for settlement.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Act
#states
#United
My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Brother
#Mom
The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm.
Peter Agre,
American
Scientist
#Energy
#Remarkable
#Enthusiasm