• Question: What made you decide to study the genomes DNA of living organisms and what inspired you?

    Asked by to Nick on 19 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Nick Goldman answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      When I had a job at the Natural History Museum in London, a lot of scientists studied fossils and a few were beginning to study DNA of living things. I thought the DNA stuff was more interesting, as it was a good puzzle how to work out the evolutionary history just by looking at things that were still alive.

      I was inspired by great teachers, like my PhD supervisor Adrian Friday, and by the chance to use my maths skills to find out something new that no-one else had ever worked out before.

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