numero uno :)

Its not usual for people to write about what their work when they begin blogging, but mine is a special case. I confess, I am totally in love, in awe, engrossed (whatever you might want to call it) into what I do everyday (and I do know this, because there has been not a single day that I don’t feel like going to work since past 3 years). I am a scientist (in the making) – developmental biologist to be precise. Developmental biology means very special to me (you could look up the definition on the web as here, I prefer not to write the ‘book definitions’). I love watching embryos. Embryos develop from a single cell (zygote that arises from the fusion of a sperm and an egg). What is exciting, fascinating in this process? well, I think its its the formation of a new individual with contributions from both the parents with individuality of its own. In as little as 24 hours, a one cell zebrafish embryo develops into a multicellular embryo with functional ears and eyes. Is this not nature at its best?

All this research on embryos is not for sheer pleasure of discovering nature (it might be for some scientist turned philosophers). Many children across the world are born with birth defects, which arise due to abnormalities during the developmental process. This makes us scientists work harder to find out the ‘rules of nature’ that lay down the basics of how an individual is ‘formed’. 

Rest later….got to go, for once l shall try to aim for doing as much work as my heart wants to in the lab….