Who or what inspired you to study science?I was always curious, and I found a scientific career to be one that allowed me to explore my curiosity.What sparked your interest to work on the directed differentiation of stem cells?That was a seminar by Rolf Kemler in 1984. I was in the Basel Institute for Immunology -1 had arrived there about a year earlier -and Rolf came to the institute and showed us these beautiful, huge cystic embryoid bodies, in which you could see blood and vascular structures and beating heart cells. Knowing that you could make that from an ES cell piqued my interest and I decided to pursue research in this topic.What made you return to Canada after having worked in Switzerland and the USA?
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