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I have this idea of trying to catalog all the genes on the planet.

And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.

In genomics, there's a massive amount of information in which you can look for patterns and develop insights.

I spent 10 years trying to find one gene.

I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is becoming very much a branch of information technology.

If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.

Most groups patent ways of using genetic discoveries as part of non-obvious diagnostic and therapeutic protocols and slightly or greatly altered genes.

I've always been fascinated by what you can learn from looking into your DNA.

I fell in love with the elegance and precision of genetic analysis and experimentation to answer profound biological questions.

Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.