In a German secondary school in Bingen-on-Rhine, back in the 1970s, Thomas von Rüden stood in front of the blackboard explaining protein biosynthesis to the rest of the class. His teacher gave him 15 points, the best possible score, for his presentation, which revealed his fascination with molecular biology from an early stage. "That was just the kind of thing I wanted to do," he recalls. Though his father advised against it, young Thomas was determined to study biology, definitely not economics, the career his father had mapped out for him. "I can always go into management after university," he decided.
The University of Duisburgessen
Protein Research Department at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
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