"I worked hard for my Ph.D. I've earned the right to fuck with the stuff of life. Turning a zebra fish into a clownfish might be unintended, but it would be a wonderful thing."
"I worked hard for my Ph.D. I've earned the right to fuck with the stuff of life. Turning a zebra fish into a clownfish might be unintended, but it would be a wonderful thing."
But we don't turn a zebra fish into a clownfish, all we manage to do is turn healthy, living zebra fish into unhealthy or dead zebra fish. I did that work for decades, and created genetically-altered plants and animals, but they were for lab use only and were ultimately killed. And, I also spent the final 15 yrs of my career training PhD students, and, frankly, not meaning to be unkind, but if you are saying that you've concluded your degree gives you enough understanding and knowledge to begin altering the genetics of healthy, living organisms outside the lab setting, my prediction is that you will become a successful scientist and a hazard to humanity.
"I worked hard for my Ph.D. I've earned the right to fuck with the stuff of life. Turning a zebra fish into a clownfish might be unintended, but it would be a wonderful thing."
But we don't turn a zebra fish into a clownfish, all we manage to do is turn healthy, living zebra fish into unhealthy or dead zebra fish. I did that work for decades, and created genetically-altered plants and animals, but they were for lab use only and were ultimately killed. And, I also spent the final 15 yrs of my career training PhD students, and, frankly, not meaning to be unkind, but if you are saying that you've concluded your degree gives you enough understanding and knowledge to begin altering the genetics of healthy, living organisms outside the lab setting, my prediction is that you will become a successful scientist and a hazard to humanity.
I hope you are kidding. .. I am sure you are .. or that PHD means what it used to mean PILED, HIGHER AND DEEPER my friend.
My bachelor's is in sarcasm. I should have listened to my parents and put in the work to get a PhD.