Initially I Had Intended To Study Medicine,

Scientific Research Is One Of The Most Exciting And Rewarding Of Occupations.

It Is Like A Voyage Of Discovery Into Unknown Lands, Seeking Not For New Territory But For New Knowledge. It Should Appeal To Those With A Good Sense Of Adventure.

Through Art And Science In Their Broadest Senses It Is Possible To Make A Permanent Contribution Towards The Improvement And Enrichment Of Human Life And It Is These Pursuits That We Students Are Engaged In.

A Dna Sequence For The Genome Of Bacteriophage Φx174 Of Approximately 5,375 Nucleotides Has Been Determined Using The Rapid And Simple 'plus And Minus' Method. The Sequence Identifies Many Of The Features Responsible For The Production Of The Proteins Of The Nine Known Genes Of The Organism, Including Initiation And Termination Sites For The Proteins And Rnas. Two Pairs Of Genes Are Coded By The Same Region Of Dna Using Different Reading Frames.

Science Is Not Like The Olympic Games Or Something Where There's A Lot Of People All Trying To Win Gold Medals, And If You Don't Get A Gold Medal, You're Nothing. There Are Actually A Lot Of People Working Together And Contributing To The Science - And The Science Is The Important Thing.