http://mndoci.disqus.com/At the interface of science and computingenTue, 09 Sep 2008 16:39:27 -0000http://mndoci.com/2008/09/04/the-independent-research-institute-will-drive-biomedical-innovation/#comment-2251120<p>Richard</p><p>Never realized you were in Seattle. I definitely like the research institute idea, as long as the innovation stays. Too many research institutes are slave to the same funding and grant writing malaise and university research, which prevents them from seeking high risk, bleeding edge projects<br></p>mndociTue, 09 Sep 2008 16:39:27 -0000http://mndoci.com/2008/09/04/the-independent-research-institute-will-drive-biomedical-innovation/#comment-2249584<p>Your posts are not only really informative but they so often resonate with my own views. I've been doing biological research for 30 years, spent 16 years at a Large biotech (Immunex) and 4 years at a small startup. I think independent research institutions are where a lot of the projects that require the synthesis (based on the original definition of bringing things together; mashups) of data, not its analysis (i.e. tearing things apart), as most research universities are best at.</p>Richard GayleTue, 09 Sep 2008 15:11:02 -0000