Tiago Branco, apostdoc at University College London (UCL), received the 2011 Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology on 12 November at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington DC. What do you consider your most pivotal career decision? I was in my last year of medical school at the University of Lisbon in 2002, and I had to decide whether to go on for two years of residency or do a PhD. Given my interest in research, my adviser at the time encouraged me to apply to UK graduate programmes. I decided to attend UCL. It was all very quick: I had to finish medical school on a Friday and start at UCL on the Monday. I really wanted to do this programme because I didn't have a background in neuroscience and it offered one year of lectures and experience in different labs.
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