The Science of Compassion: Origins, Measures, and Interventions, which took place July 19th to 22nd in Telluride Colorado, was the first large-scale international conference of its kind dedicated to scientific inquiry into compassion. The conference convened a unique group of leading world experts in the fields of altruism, compassion, and service to present their latest research. This was the Q&A for the panel Neurotransmitters, Neuropeptides, Genes and Compassion by Clifford Saron, PhD, Firdaus Dhabar, PhD, Sue Carter, PhD, Steve Cole, PhD, Sarina Rodrigues Saturn, PhD, & Joel Finkelstein, PhD candidate