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Premysl Bercik had planned on becoming a cardiologist, but a chance research project altered the course of his career. As the Czech-native was finishing his medical studies in his home country, he accepted an offer to study at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. What was originally a one-year research project on the enteric nervous system evolved into a five-year stay, shifting his focus from cardiology to gastroenterology.
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