Eagerly seeking a PhD program where I can study the interaction of the gut microbiome with the human genome. Through genetics, microbiology, and bioinformatics I will push the edge of our understanding on how the development of microflora influences gene expression in humans and ultimately effects human health and disease.
Rebecca Ashley Valls
"Science is a unifier. Science values questions rather than beliefs. Science provides a path for humans to learn about their world, it helps us to create new knowledge and advance our cultures. There are so many forces that divide people; barriers of language, custom, ideology, and belief. Science counteracts these forces, it is a worldwide enterprise that unifies us and brings us together to solve problems and to understand our place in the world. Indeed, science tells us that we share a deep common history as a species, and that we will very likely share a common destiny as inhabitants of a small and fragile planet."
— Craig Mello 2006 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology