Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072HFM39Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 122 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A biography that's more than just a good story" according to David Miller. When the author, who for full disclosure I've known for years and consider a friend, told me he was writing a biography I was skeptical it would teach anyone much about the business of biotechnology -- even with such a compelling subject as Dr. Leroy Hood. I was wrong.The first two-thirds of the book are spectacular. As a non-scientist who has worked in the biotech industry for nearly two decades now, the story of all the technologies our industry takes for granted -- technologies without which modern biotechnology research and development would be impossible -- was gripping and informative, providing great insights. Mr. Timm. Ashutosh S. Jogalekar said Portrait of a pioneer of tool-driven revolutions. The Galisonian view of science - named after historian of science Peter Galison - says that science is driven as much or even more by new techniques and instruments as by new ideas. Sadly most people have always placed theoretical ideas at the forefront of scientific revolutions, a view enforced by Thomas Kuhn's famous book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". But a study of the history of science shows that new tools have been as instrumental in opening up whole new areas of science as new ideas. In fact one may argue that ideas allow you to largely explain while novel tools allow you to largely discover.From the viewp. and the impact he had on many budding scientists that were influenced by the good Dr. Hood Having been in the biotechnology industry for many years, I had often heard about the prolific entrepreneur and scientist, Dr. Hood. However, until reading this book, I did not appreciate the true impact of Dr. Hood’s achievements on our industry and how critical he was to the now obvious convergence of technology and biology/chemistry, and the impact he had on many budding scientists that were influenced by the good Dr. Hood, good, bad or indifferent.Normally, this would be potential required reading to stay current in our industry, or to broaden experience base by venturing into areas not normally exposed to. Simply p
Some of his collaborators seethed, claiming he took too much credit. Wooed by money from Bill Gates, Hood started over at the University of Washington, creating the world's first Department of Molecular Biotechnology. Hood, a son of the American West, was an unlikely candidate to transform biology. Scientists can now sequence complete human genomes in a day, setting in motion a revolution that is personalizing medicine. Fellow Caltech biologists charged that his empire building was out of control and ousted him as their chairman. Would he finally achieve the ultimate application of the genome project - personalized medicine? In Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age, journalist Luke Timmerman zeroes in on a charismatic, controversial personality. The result is not just a revealing portrait of one of the most influential biologists of our time but a deeply human look at science itself.. Seven years later, his impatience for rules drove him to depart. His management style, once described as "creative anarchy", alienated many. But with ferocious drive, he led a team at Calt