Insights from

Nobel Laureates, for scientists everywhere

Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Medicine Prize for discovering the nature of the cellular immune defense.  Based at the University of Melbourne and also spending part of his year at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, he continues to be involved in research directed at understanding and preventing the severe consequences of influenza virus infection.  In addition, he goes in to bat for evidence-based reality, relating to areas as diverse as childhood vaccination, global hunger and anthropogenic climate change.  In an effort to communicate more broadly, he has published two “lay” books, and has two more in progress.

What tips do you have for choosing your undergraduate degree?
Peter Doherty

What tips do you have for choosing your undergraduate degree?

What’s your top tip for graduate students?
Peter Doherty

What’s your top tip for graduate students?

How do you write a scientific paper?
Peter Doherty

How do you write a scientific paper?

Why don’t we have a vaccine for the common cold?
Peter Doherty

Why don’t we have a vaccine for the common cold?

Should scientists study the humanities?
Peter Doherty

Should scientists study the humanities?

What are you views on high-throughput biology?
Peter Doherty

What are you views on high-throughput biology?

Do cultural differences exist in science?
Peter Doherty

Do cultural differences exist in science?

Should I find a mentor?
Peter Doherty

Should I find a mentor?

How do you manage a large lab?
Peter Doherty

How do you manage a large lab?

Peter Doherty Lecture Video
Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty Lecture Video

What makes a good scientist?
Peter Doherty

What makes a good scientist?

Should you take breaks from the lab?
Peter Doherty

Should you take breaks from the lab?

What is the best advice you received as a student?
Peter Doherty

What is the best advice you received as a student?

Do you have any tips for aspiring PhD students?
Peter Doherty

Do you have any tips for aspiring PhD students?

How should you choose a PhD project?
Peter Doherty

How should you choose a PhD project?