Abstract

Dr. Michael Houghton was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine this fall. Eureka asked Dr. Houghton about his career, advice to his undergraduate self, and publication experiences.

Highlights

  • We did the work in the 80s - that was 30 years ago - it has been a long time but it is nice that I got it while I was working here because it helps the U of A, so I’m pleased about that

  • I think there were 3 reasons: one is that I wanted to work with Lorne Tyrell

  • I knew him from the viral hepatitis field for many years, I liked him, and he had been doing good work in Hep B and H ep C

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Introduction

Even in the applied virology institute, where I’ve worked for 10 years, that’s kind of an industrial setting so the only difference really is before you send your paper in. Industry essentially is funded by investors, stockholders - they want you to make money (that’s why they bought your shares), so they don’t care much about what you’re publishing as long as you perform research that eventually leads to a medical innovation.

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