I thought to myself: What are the most important problems that society faces that I could contribute to? And it was clear that finding new sustainable sources of energy was the most important.
Frances ArnoldRead
What I want to do is encourage women to take on this incredibly exciting and fun challenge to use their brains for the benefit of humanity but through science and technology.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Frances Arnold encourages women to engage in science and technology for the greater good.
In this quote, Frances Arnold inspires women to see the fields of science and technology not only as areas of professional pursuit but as exciting challenges that can benefit humanity. She emphasizes the potential impact women can have by leveraging their intellect and creativity in these domains, thus promoting empowerment and encouraging participation in traditionally male-dominated fields.
Themes
WomenScienceTechnologyEncouragementHumanityChallenge
In practice
Example use cases
This quote would be excellent to share at a women's leadership conference focused on STEM careers.
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All quotes →I see a future in which nature gives us a helping hand. Instead of destroying the natural world, why can't we use it to solve the kinds of problems that we are facing?
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The DNA-encoded catalytic machinery of the cell can rapidly learn to promote new chemical reactions when we provide new reagents and the appropriate incentive in the form of artificial selection.
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My whole interest is, how do you use evolution as an innovation engine? How does evolution solve new problems that life faces? And to have a system that can create a whole new chemical bond that biology hasn't done before, to me, demonstrates the power of nature to innovate.
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Most innovative things are not obvious to other people at the time. You have to believe in yourself. If you've got a good idea, follow it even though others tell you it's not.
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We've been modifying the biological world at the level of DNA for thousands of years. Somehow there is this new fear of what we already have been doing and that fear has limited our ability to provide real solutions.
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