Comments on: Dr Marc Vidal on Futures in Biotech http://my.biotechlife.net/2006/09/14/dr-marc-vidal-on-futures-in-biotech/ Here's my take on biotechnology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Marc Pelletier http://my.biotechlife.net/2006/09/14/dr-marc-vidal-on-futures-in-biotech/#comment-24 Marc Pelletier Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:24:19 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2006/09/14/dr-marc-vidal-on-futures-in-biotech/#comment-24 Yes, indeed from Belgium. So is Denis Wirtz - on an upcoming episode on Nanobiotech. Marc Vidal is one of my favorite scientists, and was on my guest list from day 1. Cheers Yes, indeed from Belgium. So is Denis Wirtz - on an upcoming episode on Nanobiotech. Marc Vidal is one of my favorite scientists, and was on my guest list from day 1.

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]]> By: Pedro Beltrao http://my.biotechlife.net/2006/09/14/dr-marc-vidal-on-futures-in-biotech/#comment-19 Pedro Beltrao Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:13:48 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2006/09/14/dr-marc-vidal-on-futures-in-biotech/#comment-19 He is Belgium if I am not mistaken. I have seen him in two smallish conferences and he is very much a social guy. I think in order to be noticed you have to be very good at promoting your ideas. There is a limited attention and a lot of good science so I would guess that those memes (systems, synthetic, interactomes, comparative genomics/interactomics, networks, evo-devo ...) get spread in part because there is some sound scientific reasoning behind them but also very much because the people pushing them are well connected and good at meme promotion. So, my opinion is that they have to be good at communicators to get there in the first place. He is Belgium if I am not mistaken. I have seen him in two smallish conferences and he is very much a social guy.
I think in order to be noticed you have to be very good at promoting your ideas. There is a limited attention and a lot of good science so I would guess that those memes (systems, synthetic, interactomes, comparative genomics/interactomics, networks, evo-devo …) get spread in part because there is some sound scientific reasoning behind them but also very much because the people pushing them are well connected and good at meme promotion. So, my opinion is that they have to be good at communicators to get there in the first place.

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