Almost everyone has a subject (or subjects) that they did not particularly enjoy studying in school. Be it Mathematics, literature or History. Most of the students eagerly wait for the day when they no longer have to sit for exams of the dreaded discipline of their choice. In this regard, the right mindset, a ‘never give up attitude’, and a strong will to learn, matter. Hence, the inspirational tale of one special Nobel Laureate, Tomas Lindahl, proves that that apprehension can be turned into something truly amazing with the right mindset.

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Nobel Prize Organization shared a story, which can be taken as an example to find out about the need of the right mindset.

One comment under this Instagram post by the Nobel Prize Organization, read, “Some people enjoy challenging subjects. I am glad that he found his passion for chemistry.” More is given here about the unique story of the Laureate.

The Nobel Prize Organization shared an image by Alexander Mahmoud on its official Instagram account on January 28.

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An 83-year-old Chemistry Laureate Tomas Lindahl is shown in the picture. The caption shared alongside the post, communicated by Lindahl, reads, “At school I had a teacher that did not like me and I did not like him. At the end of the year he decided to fail me. The ironic thing is that the topic was chemistry”.

The text further states, “I have the distinction of being the only Chemistry Laureate who failed the topic in high school”.

Tomas Robert Lindahl is a Swedish scientist specializing in DNA damage and repair. He was director of the Clare Hall Laboratories from 1986 to 2005 and has been awarded many prizes and awards for his work including the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, jointly awarded in 2015. From the mid-1970s, through studies of bacteria, Tomas Lindahl showed how certain protein molecules, repair enzymes, remove and replace damaged parts of DNA. These discoveries have increased the world’s understanding of how the living cell works, the causes of cancer, and aging processes.