Top 22 Quotes by Susumu Tonegawa

About Susumu Tonegawa

These are some quotes by Japanese author Susumu Tonegawa Scientist, who was born on September 6, 1939.

Independent of what is happening around you in the outside world, humans constantly have internal activity in the brain.

Independent of what is happening around you in the outside world, humans constantly have internal activity in the brain.

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Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.

Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.

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I commuted to the prestigious Hibiya High School from my uncle's home in Tokyo. During the high school years, I developed an interest in chemistry, so upon graduation, I chose to take an entrance examination for the Department of Chemistry of the University of Kyoto, the old capital of Japan.

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Our study showed that the false memory and the genuine memory are based on very similar, almost identical, brain mechanisms. It is difficult for the false memory bearer to distinguish between them.

Our study showed that the false memory and the genuine memory are based on very similar, almost identical, brain mechanisms. It is difficult for the false memory bearer to distinguish between them.

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At the suggestion of Professor Itaru Watanabe, and with his help, I left Japan at the age of twenty-three to pursue graduate study at the University of California at San Diego.

At the suggestion of Professor Itaru Watanabe, and with his help, I left Japan at the age of twenty-three to pursue graduate study at the University of California at San Diego.

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My scientific career has developed on three continents: Asia, Europe and North America.

My scientific career has developed on three continents: Asia, Europe and North America.

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In 1981, after ten years in Basel, I returned to the United States to continue my research on the immune system at the Center for Cancer Research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where Director Salvador E. Luria provided me with an excellent laboratory.

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The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

The brain is hugely complicated, and because it is so complicated, it requires multidisciplinary research.

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We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual.

We found out that, contrary to what many people thought, in the immune system, genes can change during the life cycle of the individual.

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Immunologists agreed that an individual vertebrate synthesizes many millions of structurally different forms of antibody molecules even before it encounters an antigen.

Immunologists agreed that an individual vertebrate synthesizes many millions of structurally different forms of antibody molecules even before it encounters an antigen.

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