It was 1945, and Hans Kornberg - who fled Nazi Germany in 1939 at the age of 11 - was trying to figure out what to do next. He had been turned on to chemistry by a fierce, pipe-smoking teacher at the grammar school he attended in Yorkshire. He wanted to continue his studies, but he didn't have the funds to enroll in a university. That's when serendipity stepped in.
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Watching Bacteria Eat
Hans Kornberg has spent his career figuring out bacterial metabolism - and has had a very good time doing it.
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