Nature or Nurture – Is A Successful Neuroscientist Born or Created? Interview with Rusty Gage
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In the continuing series of interviews with famous Neuroscientists, I had the pleasure of meeting with Fred (Rusty) Gage at the last SfN meeting in Washington, DC. I was accompanied by a former student of mine, Anne Fagan, who had also been a graduate student in Rusty’s lab when he was at UCSD. Again, my main question was: “How did you become a famous neuroscientist?” I gave Rusty the choice of answering questions or just telling us about his life – he chose the latter.
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