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

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.

Error is far more common than fraud which probably comprises 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the literature.

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

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

Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that relevant.

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