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Episode 70: Life Before Winning a Nobel Prize. with Prof Martin Chalfie Nobel Prize Laureate for GFP

The Struggling Scientists

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Discovering the Molecular Basis of Mechanosensation

In this chapter, the speaker discusses their work on understanding the molecular basis of mechanosensation, focusing on their experiments with touch-insensitive animals, isolating mutated genes, and studying their expression. They explore various methods used in the 1980s to study gene expression and the static view of expression, as well as their fascination with the transparency of the system they work on.

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