tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post6968240844617993119..comments2024-03-03T18:49:34.382-05:00Comments on Omics! Omics!: Interested in the History of Biotech Companies? Don't start with Wikipedia.Keith Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-16036077299400159432015-04-22T10:37:48.609-04:002015-04-22T10:37:48.609-04:00Keith,
I used to work down the hall from Monica w...Keith,<br /><br />I used to work down the hall from Monica when she was at the MBL and focusing on EcoCyc. I confess I never knew much about her early work until I read of it in Sydney Brenner's wonderful and too brief autobiography.<br /><br />Thanks for making the entry.<br /><br />Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740594061245851449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-87996414251930886352015-04-14T11:38:44.234-04:002015-04-14T11:38:44.234-04:00Well, Wikipedia is always a battleground when it c...Well, Wikipedia is always a battleground when it comes to anything current and controversial. It shines when things are far enough removed from current attention to allow objective reflection. <br /><br />The issue with existing companies is that people involved with them are mostly interested in promoting them. not in giving an objective history. It would be nicer if people would do something with the defunct ones though. There are Wikipedia pages on defunct fast-food chains, surely defunct biotech companies are at least as significant.<br /><br />I'm glad that you created an entry for Monica Riley though, as short as it is. I met her at the 1992 Molecular Evolution course at Woods Hole and in retrospect it is interesting how her work in metabolic modeling was so similar to what would later be called "systems biology". <br />Jonathan Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921990886076027719noreply@blogger.com