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Abstract
A slide taped to a window at the Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory was my first introduction to the touch receptor neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Studying these cells as a postdoc with Sydney Brenner gave me a chance to work with John Sulston on a fascinating set of neurons. I would never have guessed then that 43 years later I would still be excited about learning their secrets.
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Acknowledgements
I want to thank Tulle Hazelrigg, Jonathan Hodgkin, and Bob Horvitz for their comments on the manuscript.