The tubulin structure, a quarter of a century later

This retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first structure of tubulin is shaped by my own personal experiences rather than being a strict and complete historical account of the event. It is a reflection on how working in science felt many years ago, on the struggles and the...

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Autor principal: Nogales, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2023
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Retrospective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10092645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36913319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E23-01-0005
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description This retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first structure of tubulin is shaped by my own personal experiences rather than being a strict and complete historical account of the event. It is a reflection on how working in science felt many years ago, on the struggles and the joys of reaching for the high-hanging fruit, and, ultimately, on how relevant or not our personal scientific contributions are to the broader scientific community. Writing it brought back memories of my unique and sadly lost postdoctoral advisor Ken Downing, who dreamt of this structure and brought it to fruition against all odds.
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spelling pubmed-100926452023-05-28 The tubulin structure, a quarter of a century later Nogales, Eva Mol Biol Cell Retrospective This retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the publication of the first structure of tubulin is shaped by my own personal experiences rather than being a strict and complete historical account of the event. It is a reflection on how working in science felt many years ago, on the struggles and the joys of reaching for the high-hanging fruit, and, ultimately, on how relevant or not our personal scientific contributions are to the broader scientific community. Writing it brought back memories of my unique and sadly lost postdoctoral advisor Ken Downing, who dreamt of this structure and brought it to fruition against all odds. The American Society for Cell Biology 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10092645/ /pubmed/36913319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E23-01-0005 Text en © 2023 Nogales. “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Creative Commons License.
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