A case for more curiosity-driven basic research

Having been selected to be among the exquisitely talented scientists who won the Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award is a tremendous honor. I would like to take this opportunity to make the case for a conviction of mine that I think many will consider outdated. I am convinced that we need more c...

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Autor principal: Amon, Angelika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2015
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ASCB Award Essays
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26515972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0430
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description Having been selected to be among the exquisitely talented scientists who won the Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award is a tremendous honor. I would like to take this opportunity to make the case for a conviction of mine that I think many will consider outdated. I am convinced that we need more curiosity-driven basic research aimed at understanding the principles governing life. The reasons are simple: 1) we need to learn more about the world around us; and 2) a robust and diverse basic research enterprise will bring ideas and approaches essential for developing new medicines and improving the lives of humankind.
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spelling pubmed-46260532016-01-16 A case for more curiosity-driven basic research Amon, Angelika Mol Biol Cell ASCB Award Essays Having been selected to be among the exquisitely talented scientists who won the Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award is a tremendous honor. I would like to take this opportunity to make the case for a conviction of mine that I think many will consider outdated. I am convinced that we need more curiosity-driven basic research aimed at understanding the principles governing life. The reasons are simple: 1) we need to learn more about the world around us; and 2) a robust and diverse basic research enterprise will bring ideas and approaches essential for developing new medicines and improving the lives of humankind. The American Society for Cell Biology 2015-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4626053/ /pubmed/26515972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0430 Text en © 2015 Amon. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). Two months after publication it is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0). “ASCB®,” “The American Society for Cell Biology®,” and “Molecular Biology of the Cell®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology.
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