• Question: What makes being a Geneticist stand out from all other science professions or specialities?

    Asked by snacks2 to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 23 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      I think genetics is the basis of all life and all biochemistry. Without knowing what goes on during expression of genes, we don’t really know how you get a protein from a gene. Without proteins, you wouldn’t have a living cell… and so on. So it all starts with the genes! 🙂 I think that’s what makes it so interesting to me 🙂

    • Photo: Lorna Houlihan

      Lorna Houlihan answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Trying to figure out the fundamentals of life – I think that’s kinda cool!

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      I think is all depends what you’re interested in. You’ll only find genetics interesting if you genes and how they shape organisms interesting! I would say there are more obvious medical applications to genetics compared to many other areas of science

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      Hey snacks2,

      Genetics is the basis of life!!! It’s really exciting researching how genes work and the subtle ways they interact to form the thousands of processes that our bodies carry out each day!!

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