I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.

Fischer's maternal grandfather founded the "Courrier de Chine" in Shanghai which is the first newspaper publiEdmond H. Fischerd in French in China; he also helped to establish "l'Ecole Municipale Française" in Shanghai where Fischer attended primary school. For the key discovery of reversible protein phosphorylation Fischer and Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1992. Seattle reminded Fischer and his wife of Switzerland so they chose to settle there.

Fischer (born April 6 1920) is a Swiss American biochemist. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes.