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Tag "National Research Labs"
A first post with this subject matter although I've "danced around it" for quite some time.
Now, reading Code Breaker time to to have a specific post on National Research Labs.
An overview:
Vannevar Bush, wiki.
- government: Manhattan Project, WWII;
- business: founded Raytheon;
- academia: dean of engineering, MIT.
Mentioned: Code Breaker, Walter Isaccson. Link here.
See Genesis Mission post, link here.
Since Bush, the three-legged stool has become a four-legged chair with the addition of:
- philanthropic foundations.
Caribou/Doudna: received funding in 2020 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to use CRISPR to detect coronaviruses. Link here, p. 118.
