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Oh dear, yes. I read the biography of Jennifer Doudna by Walter Isaacson. It's a great book, but I really felt sad for Siksnys. Just because their paper got rej
by sn41 4y ago
Oh dear, yes. I read the biography of Jennifer Doudna by Walter Isaacson. It's a great book, but I really felt sad for Siksnys. Just because their paper got rejected by Cell does not mean that the paper came after Doudna and Charpentier's - after all, it was submitted earlier than Doudna and Charpentier's. The book overall was not very inspiring with the amount of persnickety politics - but then, perhaps, that's how science is, in the day-to-day grind.
- j7ake 4y agoAlso there is precedent for Nobel-level papers coming in within months of each other and still be considered for Nobel prize. See circadian rhythms with Michael Young and Michael Rosbash. They both got Nobel prizes, but one of the papers are several months after the other. In the gfp case the three winners also dis their work independently if I am not mistaken. The Siksnys case was discrimination against unknown institutes from unknown countries plain and simple.