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Giovanna Mallucci
- Position:
- Programme Leader Track MRC Prion Unit, Institute of Neurology
- Research subject:
- Biomedical Sciences
- Themes:
- making contribution to the scientific field, satisfying personal interest
- Funding:
- Wellcome Trust
Story overview
When I was eight I read about Marie Curie and her work on radioactivity: I thought 'that's what I want to do'. The whole process of experimentation and asking questions really appealed to me. In 1982 I went to Oxford to read medicine – the way we were taught was by total immersion in the basic medical sciences. I knew I wanted to go into research, but was advised to finish my medical training first and to consider research as a clinician scientist.
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