If you were a cell organelle, what would you want to be and why?

(maximum of 100
words)

There would be no such thing as a cell if there is no plasma membrane. Such is its
importance that without it, any cell would simply exist as a smudge of organic soup. The
humble structure in effect, serves to make a cell a cella – a small chamber for hosting
life – and enables life to thrive in all of its “endless forms, most beautiful”. Like the
plasma membrane, I wish to serve, support, and enable my patients to thrive in life – to
capacitate them that they may realize their dreams and reach their potentials. I commit
myself as well to providing patient-centered care, much in the same way that the plasma
membrane performs its functions at the periphery to let all that it encloses shine with
glory. Now, the plasma membrane doesn’t just provide compartmentalization and
enclosure; it also has important contributions in serving as a scaffold for biochemical
activities, providing a selectively permeable barrier, transporting solutes, responding to
external stimuli, and facilitating intercellular interaction and energy transduction,
speaking volumes of how even the most overlooked structure has the most intricate and
integral contributions to the life-giving profession of every cell.
 
If you were a biochemical pathway, what would you want to be and why? (maximum of
100 words)
Perhaps the process of protein synthesis has been referred to as the Central Dogma of Biology because
it perfectly encapsulates the beauty, miracle, and wonder of life. From a simple string of letters – a
combination of just four nucleotides – comes an endless variety of proteins that serve to build, support,
maintain, and nurture the endless forms of life known and unknown to man. I wish for my actions and
efforts to reflect that same beauteous translation – that just one’s simple devotion to a combination of
values and principles could give rise to some of the greatest feats and acts of life-giving service to
others. Protein synthesis teaches us as well of an other-centered approach to living life where one
shares a part of himself (his very DNA), transcribes it to an idea that leads him away from the usual
centers -- the nuclei -- of his life, and translates it to various efforts that can bring about changes not
only in oneself but in others as well, ultimately impacting the whole system in the process.

I wish to be able to reflect through my acts and efforts to serve the very beauty of life itself