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Venture Research with Donald Braben [Idea Machines #34]

Idea Machines

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HHMI, Genalia and the Work of a Medical Institute

In 1990, when BP closed us down, these people no longer could rely on venture research support. And so therefore they were on their own and exposed to the full rigors of peer review in applying to funds before they were ready for it. The successful ones of venture research, you know, people like Ken said, with his ionic liquids, then he, he, he jumped over the line into mainstream science. But there were a few groups who were left high and dry. They had to manage, they had to cut their class according to the funding.

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