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The strategy behind Cambridge’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- nextos 2y agoLMB is quite different now compared to its golden era. I am not sure they are following the same strategy anymore. The same can be said about Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in NY, which was also incredibly successful.
- milanhbs 2y agoHow has the LMB changed?
- j7ake 2y agoLMB hasn’t changed, but the world has changed. The strengths of LMB (molecular biology, structural biology) haven’t been yielding the same fruits as the old days.
- nextos 2y agoDuring its golden era (1950-80), LMB was set apart by emphasizing small groups, internal funding, and staff scientist tracks. Right now, LMB is not very different from the classical principal investigators and postdoc pyramid model that is so pervasive in Academia.
- osnium123 2y agoIs HHMI’s Janelia Farm also following similar strategies?
- nextos 2y agoThey at least cite it as an inspiration: https://www.janelia.org/models-of-inspiration https://www.janelia.org/models-of-inspiration
- twic 2y agoWhat an absolutely bizarre article, full of abstractions and empty business-speak. Everyone actually working in medical research knows that the LMB has been successful for a very concrete reason - they are absolutely rigorous about taking two tea breaks a day. https://www.science.org/content/article/nobel-prize-winning-culture https://www.science.org/content/article/nobel-prize-winning-...