Francis Collins
Francis Collins
Francis Sellers Collinsis an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Healthin Bethesda, Maryland, USA...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth14 April 1950
CountryUnited States of America
appreciation fun nice
I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that biology also had principles and logic ... [rather than dealing with a] messy thing called life. It just wasn't organized, and I wanted to stick with the nice pristine sciences of chemistry and physics, where everything made sense. I wish I had learned sooner that biology could be fun as well.
christian believe rising
I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith.
kids giving enhancement
We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.
nice dna viruses
A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form.
research disaster periods
Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.
feelings reassurance reassuring
I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.
speaks-out speak loud
I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.
healing physicians miraculous
In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one.
way becoming leap-of-faith
Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.
party thinking light
I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.
world want way
Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it.
important venture comfort
Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.
passion sometimes personal-experiences
Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience.
atoms would-be molecules
I'm aware there are certain products that are being advertised - food products - with 'no chemicals whatsoever.' Well, that would be pretty hard to arrange, since everything around us is made up of atoms and molecules - chemicals - including ourselves.