Most NSCORT research leaders believe one of the greatest successes of the program has been the extensive training students have received. Joyce believes that NSCORT has helped develop a market for exobiologists. For instance, pharma ceutical companies are interested in former NSCORT students conversant in Joyce's specialty, test-tube "evolution." Other students, such as those from Russell Doolittle's lab at UCSD, have found that the comparative DNA sequence analysis they've been carrying out makes them attractive to firms dealing in genomics.
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