As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular level, we will be able to predict with more accuracy how it will evolve.
Jennifer DoudnaRead
One of the problems in the biotech world is the lack of women in leadership roles, and I'd like to see that change by walking the walk.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the need for increased female representation in biotech leadership and the importance of taking action to achieve this change.
Jennifer Doudna expresses concern about the gender disparity in leadership roles within the biotechnology industry. She advocates for tangible actions to promote change, highlighting that merely discussing the issue is insufficient; one must also 'walk the walk' by actively contributing to the solution and empowering women in leadership positions.
In practice
In a conference aimed at promoting diversity in STEM, this quote could highlight the need for action.
As mechanistic biologists, we are hoping that by understanding how the virus works at the molecular level, we will be able to predict with more accuracy how it will evolve.
There's already a lot of active research going on using the Crispr technology to fix diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy or cystic fibrosis or Huntington's disease. They're all diseases that have known genetic causes, and we now have the technology that can repair those mutations to provide, we hope, patients with a normal life.
The impression sometimes created among the public is that scientists are working away in their labs, and maybe they're not always thinking about the implications of their work. But we are.
The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great.
Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.
You don't have to wait till your party's in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.
Any great and inspiring leader or organization that ever existed set out to do something completely unrealistic.
It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.
Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.
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