[goethes_kind]

If this was politics, "impressive" wouldn't be the adjective used.

[benrapscallion]

Especially when one factors in how Nobels are nominated and voted - previous laureates have a strong say. This is why the same themes keep getting rewarded over and over again: GPCRs, sensory systems, Drosophila, microscopy, regulation of gene expression - while others go repeatedly unrecognized: sequencing, evolutionary biology, etc.

[dahinds]

umm Svante Paabo?

[sn9]

Science uses an apprenticeship model so it's not surprising that you would see a sort of lineage or connected network of outstanding work.

Anyone who's had a great mentor knows how impactful they can be on the trajectory of your career just in terms of how much more effective you can be.