Department of Physiology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 210201, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2013;961:3-15. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4756-6_1.
This conference commemorates, almost to the day, the 45th anniversary of the discovery of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX). The discovery was serendipitous, as is so often the case with scientific breakthroughs. Indeed, that is what is so fascinating and romantic about scientific research. I will describe the discovery of NCX, but will begin by explaining how I got there, and will then discuss how the discovery influenced my career path.
本次会议纪念的是,几乎精确到日,钠离子/钙离子交换器(NCX)发现 45 周年。这一发现是偶然的,就像科学突破往往如此。事实上,这就是科学研究如此迷人且浪漫的原因。我将描述 NCX 的发现,但我将首先解释我是如何到达那里的,然后讨论这一发现如何影响了我的职业道路。