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.
O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done.
Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
The true leader must submerge himself in the fountain of the people.
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.
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