My introduction to cell cycle control was provided by a clear, scholarly and beautiful seminar given by John Gerhart one afternoon in the summer of 1979. Tim Hunt afternoonbeautifulcell Change image and share on social
You don't want to inhibit cell division. You want to inhibit cell division in the cancer cells, and even that is not really where you want to do it. You actually want to destroy the cancer cells, which is a different matter altogether. Just stopping them isn't enough - you really want to kill them. Tim Hunt altogethercancercell share on social
I am extremely sorry for the remarks made during the recent Women in Science lunch at the world conference of science journalists in Seoul, Korea. Tim Hunt conferenceextremelyjournalist Change image and share on social
My inbox is now bulging with touching emails from young women scientists who have been kind enough to write and thank me for inspiring them and helping them on their way. It has also been of great comfort to me to see many women at the top of science testifying for my record in supporting women scientists. Tim Hunt bulgecomfortemail share on social
'Eureka' moments are very, very rare in my experience. It normally takes several weeks of experiments to tease out the truth, even when you have a really pretty good idea of what is going on. Tim Hunt eurekaexperienceexperiment Change image and share on social
If UCL did offer to reinstate me, it would be churlish of me to refuse, but really, my work there was over. Tim Hunt churlishofferrefuse Change image and share on social
Science is about nothing but getting at the truth, and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science. Tim Hunt diminishexperiencescience Change image and share on social
I think people love fundamental science. Tim Hunt fundamentallovepeople Change image and share on social
I did not know that I can win the Nobel Prize. Tim Hunt nobelprizewin Change image and share on social
The best meeting I ever went to was a meeting in France where the talk slots were 60 minutes long, but you were told to prepare a five-minute talk. It was absolutely great because the entire talk was a conversation between the speaker and the audience. Tim Hunt absolutelyaudienceconversation share on social