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IP: 'Open Source Biology' in Washington Monthly
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:01:34 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Denise Caruso <caruso () hybridvigor org> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:28:17 -0700 To: farber () dsl cis upenn edu Subject: 'Open Source Biology' in Washington Monthly Hi Dave, Don't know if you saw this ... thought it might be of interest to IP'ers who are sniffing around the biotech world. I thought the piece was well done, and pretty thought provoking. (Item below is snipped from the HVNEWS list.) Denise
OPEN SOURCE BIOLOGY FEATURED IN WASHINGTON MONTHLY The concept behind "Open Source Biology," a term coined in 1999 by researchers at the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley (whose director, Roger Brent, is a Hybrid Vigor director), is the subject of fascinating article in the July/August 2002 issue of the Washington Monthly. Written by Nicholas Thompson, a Markle Fellow at the New America Foundation, the article is entitled, "May the Source Be With You: Can a band of biologists who share data freely out-innovate the corporate researchers who hoard it?" Good question. Full text online: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2001/0207.thompson.html The Molecular Sciences Institute: http://www.molsci.org
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