2011 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2011. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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Why did you chose to become a scientist?
     Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.: I am a medical geneticist and serve as chair of the Department of Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. My major area of focus is diagnosis and treatment of neurogenetic disorders, especially neurofibromatosis. Iým also involved in initiatives to integrate genetics and genomics into medicine. I became interested in medical research early on, while in high school. I saw in this the ability to ask critical questions that might make a real difference in people's lives. I could never have imagined at the time the huge opportunities that have emerged to empower our research, especially in the area of genetics and genomics since the sequencing of the human genome.
Westview High School in CA (10th grade student)

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