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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.

I'm lucky. I've got pretty good genes.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

Throughout my life, I've had consistent DNA.

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

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

I remember the day we found the gene for the inter-species signaling molecule like it was yesterday. We got the gene, and we plugged it into a database. And we immediately saw that this gene was in an amazing number of species of bacteria. It was a huge moment of realization.

My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family. I guess I was fun to have around.