I was born in 1943 at Neston in the Wirral, not far from Liverpool where my father, Richard William Hunt was a lecturer in paleography, the study of mediaeval manuscripts. Tim Hunt bearfatherhunt Change image and share on social
Winning a Nobel Prize isn't about being clever at all. It's about making... at least in physiology or medicine, it's about making discoveries, and you don't have to be clever to make a discovery, I don't think; it just comes up and punches you on the nose. Tim Hunt cleverdiscoverymake share on social
Anyone can win the Nobel Prize if the scientist works hard on his research subject. Tim Hunt hardnobelprize Change image and share on social
I had hoped to do a lot more to help promote science in this country and in Europe, but I cannot see how that can happen. I have become toxic. I have been hung to dry by academic institutes who have not even bothered to ask me for my side of affairs. Tim Hunt academicaffairbother share on social
In 1968, I left Cambridge and went to work in New York with Irving M. London, who was then the chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Tim Hunt albertcambridgechairman Change image and share on social
My education started with Latin taught at home by a governess, I can't imagine why, and for some reason I attended the Infants Department of the Oxford High School for Girls before moving to the Dragon School at the dangerous age of 8 or so. Tim Hunt ageattenddangerous share on social
I have fallen in love with people in the lab, and people in the lab have fallen in love with me, and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that, in a lab, people are on a level playing field. Tim Hunt disruptivefallfield share on social
I certainly don't recognise myself as the horrible sexist portrayed in media reports, and I don't think the women who have worked with me throughout my career do either. Tim Hunt careerhorriblemedium Change image and share on social
I'm impressed by the economic development of Korea. And women scientists played, without doubt, an important role in it. Tim Hunt developmentdoubteconomic Change image and share on social
Most great advances have been a collaboration. That is the joy of science for me. Tim Hunt advancecollaborationgreat Change image and share on social