An improbable journey : Creativity helped me make the transition from art to curing malaria

© 2019 Winzeler..

I was recently awarded the Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology for my contributions to antimalarial drug development, including laying the groundbreaking work that has led to two new molecular methods for curing malaria. This award means a great deal to me because I have spent much of my scientific career feeling like an imposter-one with the wrong sort of background and poor credentials. I am grateful for the recognition, and I am beginning to recognize that having an atypical background can be an advantage because it gives you a different perspective on a challenge. More generally, diversity in educational and cultural backgrounds is important because it can stimulate new ways of thinking and discovery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:294

Enthalten in:

The Journal of biological chemistry - 294(2019), 2 vom: 11. Jan., Seite 405-409

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Winzeler, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Winzeler, Elizabeth A [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antimalarials
Biography
Career choices
Chemical biology
Diversity in science
Drug development
Education
Genomics
Historical Article
Imposter syndrome
Journal Article
Malaria
Microbiology
Plasmodium
Portrait
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.07.2019

Date Revised 05.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.AW118.005229

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290346339