The best project is one that asks a novel question.

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Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.

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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.

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Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.

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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

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We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.

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We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.

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The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

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I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.

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It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

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