The neuroscientist and sitcom actor on science role models,Richard Dawkins and vaccination You were in the hugely successful TV show Blossom in the 1990s. What inspired you to leave acting and grasp a degree in neuroscience? When I was on the set of Blossom I had a biology tutor who was at that time a dental student at UCLA. She was the first person I ever met who was a one-on-one female role model for me and I fell in love with science and wanted to pursue it. I am a moment-generation American so I advance from a family where college is really emphasised and I really just wanted to recede – when Blossom ended, that’s exactly what I did.
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Source: theguardian.com