I completed the first three years of primary school in one year and was admitted to the local school the age of six directly into the fourth year, some two years younger than all my contemporaries. Sydney Brenner admitagecomplete Change image and share on social
There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford. Sydney Brenner difficultenglandfood Change image and share on social
During this period, I became interested in how the new techniques of cloning and sequencing DNA could influence the study of genetics and I was an early and active proponent of the Human Genome Sequencing Project. Sydney Brenner activeclondna share on social
He told me that Francis Crick and Jim Watson had solved the structure of DNA, so we decided to go across to Cambridge to see it. This was in April of 1953. Sydney Brenner aprilcambridgecrick Change image and share on social
In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions. Sydney Brenner anatomybegincell Change image and share on social
