Nina Fedoroff Quotes

United States, Scientist
1942

Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff is an American molecular biologist known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes. and plant stress response. In 2007, President George W. Bush awarded her the National Medal of Science, she is also a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Microbiology.

The influence of a science adviser is only as good as ears open to that science advice.

Nina Fedoroff
I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.

Nina Fedoroff

The more we can grow on already cultivated land, the better.

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- Grow
- Land
- Cultivated
If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn't support the earth's current population - maybe half.

Nina Fedoroff
Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.

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- Change
- Genes
- Jumping
There are probably already too many people on the planet.

Nina Fedoroff
- People
- Planet
- Many
India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

Nina Fedoroff
In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.

Nina Fedoroff
- Learned
- Evolution
- Genes

New molecular methods that add or modify genes can protect plants from diseases and pests and improve crops in ways that are both more environmentally benign and beyond the capability of older methods.

Nina Fedoroff
- Protect
- Plants
- Methods
We need to continue to decrease the growth rate of the global population; the planet can't support many more people.

Nina Fedoroff