> Considering that Holmes is on the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows, while Church is one of its most prominent researchers, why is he suddenly speaking

> Considering that Holmes is on the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows, while Church is one of its most prominent researchers, why is he suddenly speaking out? I think Dr.Church's lab is very prominent in the field of synthetic biology; if I have to guess, his lab's work funding comes from lots of federal research grants outside of Harvard Medical school. So financially and politically, I don't think his hands are tied at all. Also on principle, as a tenured faculty in academia, I don't think he is bound by the same rules/expectations as a FTE at a regular company.