J. Michael Bishop, M.D., winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, told a packed house Friday of his transformation from a small-town boy to a celebrated microbiologist in an appearance at Scott Hall last Friday.

Dr. Bishop, author of "How to Win a Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science," discussed how the humanities have influenced his life as a scientist.

"We must all of us think more of dreaming and helping the dreamer," he said. "In dreaming is our salvation."

Dr. Bishop won the Nobel Prize for research explaining the process by which normal cellular genes can be mutated into cancer genes. His appearance was made possible by the WSU Academy of Scholars, the Perinatology Research Branch and the WSU School of Medicine.

To view this lecture, please check the Streaming Video site for the WSU School of Medicine at http://www.med.wayne.edu/news_media/streamingmedia/somevents/index.asp.