Is it possible to be passionate about politics, football or R&B and still be a creative scientist? In this entertaining and inspiring account, Nobel Prize winner Peter Doherty offers readers an insider's guide into discovery science and the individuals who work in it. Starting with the story of his own career and its improbable origins in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, and its progression to a breakthrough discovery about how human immunity works. Doherty explores the realities of a life in science. How research projects are selected; how discovery science is resourced and organised; the big problems it is trying to solve; and the rewards and pitfalls of a career in scientific research: all these are explored in The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize . Doherty gives readers an insight into the issues that make him tick including his belief that the mission of science is to help make the world a better place to live in. He also essays answers to some of the great questions of our age. Are Nobel Prize winners exceptional human beings or just lucky? Are GMO crops really dangerous? And why can't scientists and born-again Christians get along?
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Peter Doherty, un chercheur lauréat du prix Nobel, explore le fonctionnement complexe du système immunitaire. Ses travaux révolutionnaires ont élucidé les modes fondamentaux par lesquels les cellules immunitaires du corps se défendent contre les infections virales. En collaboration avec Rolf Zinkernagel, il a découvert le mécanisme crucial par lequel les cellules T reconnaissent les antigènes cibles en conjonction avec les protéines du complexe majeur d'histocompatibilité (MHC), révolutionnant notre compréhension de l'immunité cellulaire. Les contributions de Doherty offrent des aperçus profonds sur les stratégies de défense sophistiquées du corps contre les agents pathogènes.
