Most great advances have been a collaboration. That is the joy of science for me. Tim Hunt advancecollaborationgreat Change image and 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
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
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 fought for seven years to have creche facilities at the Okinawa Institute of Science of Technology - and was ultimately successful. Less successful have been efforts to get a creche at the new Crick Institute in London, but this is something I will continue to push for. Tim Hunt continuecrechecrick 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 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
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
At the age of 14, I moved across town to Magdalen College School, Oxford, where science played a much larger role in the curriculum. Tim Hunt agecollegecurriculum 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
