Johns Hopkins introduced me to two defining events in my life: commitment to biomedical research and meeting my future wife, Mary. - Peter Agre 1 Share Now -
My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop. - Peter Agre 2 Share Now -
While the lab plays an enormous role, research is also influenced by inner peace of mind and one's family environment, depending on what stage of one's life and career a scientist is at. - Peter Agre 3 Share Now -
Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt. - Peter Agre 4 Share Now -
Now a cholera epidemic was sweeping through Southeast Asia and south Asia in the early 1970s, so I started medical school and I joined a laboratory to work on this. - Peter Agre 5 Share Now -
We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible. - Peter Agre 6 Share Now -
