Valerie Mizrahi

"The only good TB bacillus is a dead one"

"People said that suddenly changing fields was either reckless or brave, but I found that my chemistry and maths background really set me up well for moving into biology."

"It was the ground-breaking start of molecular biology, so I really felt the need to capitalise on that."

"There's no room for mediocrity here. Excellence is what I've aspired towards in my own work and excellence is what this institute is about."