Even if he would work full-time on that, it would be impossible to do in most cases. A week is usually not enough time to organize an experiment, especially when you are not experienced in the field.

I do not. While I would really like to be able to do that, the reality is that I just can't. I mean, I have a biologist friend who regularly clones bacteria and implements binary functions in their DNA. Not only do I not know how to hold a pipete, I just don't have the equipment to perform experiments like that.

The goal is to get a functional understanding of as many different topics as possible. Enough to explain things in layman's terms, but I could not possibly become an expert in everything.