English for Master’s Degree Students in Biology. Иностранный язык профессиональной коммуникации (английский)

37   Members will gain valuable skills relating to research conduct and team work skills (which become highly attractive when applying for internships), and will be greatly encouraged to take an innovative approach to developing new and exciting experiments. The research activities are conducted primarily in biodiversity, ecology, ecotoxicology, evolution, plant physiology and plant systematics. In these areas studies are performed on processes and patterns from molecular to ecosystem level, and interactions within and among species and with the environment and society. Some of the research has direct environmental and societal relevance and the approach is often broad and interdisciplinary. Task 3. Read the text and make a review to present the information to your groupmates Research in Genetics Genetics holds a leading position in biology, dealing with such problems as heredity and variability of organisms. Genetics is concerned with plant selection, antibiotic production, man’s emergence into outer space. The study of hereditary diseases makes genetics the corner-stone in the fight for man’s health. Long ago the protein of insulin was synthesized in the test tube. Another achievement was the synthesis of DNA molecules with a predetermined structure, man-made proteins are a very promising advance not only in solving life’s riddles, but in creating new enzymes and tapping new potential for producing food. Genetics play an important part in tackling the problem of evolution in the context of the constant development of new productive forces. To make evolution a controlled process is a great task that mankind will have to carry out. Such factors as increased radiation and excessive use of chemicals may affect the health of future generations, if left uncontrolled. There is no doubt that ways to protect mankind from harmful consequences will be found through genetics. Furthermore, it has been found that scores of congenital, hereditary diseases like schizoph...