Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American physicist, biochemist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate. Read full biography of Walter Gilbert →
The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.
Everyone wants a hand in the outcome, a piece of the knowledge.
It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.
The best project is one that asks a novel question.
Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.
The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.
Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves.
In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something... →
Early on, it's good to develop the ability to write. Learning to write is a useful exercise, even if what you're writing about is not that... →
Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American physicist, biochemist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.