she is a major reason I was able to go to grad school. Miss you, Sue!
Molecular biologist & geneticist Susan Lindquist (b. #OTD in 1949) was a pioneer in studying protein folding.
Her research demonstrated protein folding errors contribute heavily to neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's & Parkinson's diseases. National Medal of Science in 2010. #WomenInSTEM
Yes, especially so when you are a biologist for whom 90% works is an astounding success.
The corollary to this is a bit scary.
If even a little funding is reallocated or removed from this top 15-20%, academic science could lose multiple percentage points worth of scientists.
In other words, science is beholden to the rich few.
Who chooses a conference venue in a teeny tiny town where everything closes at 8pm in hurricane season in hot Florida.
If 15-20% of labs have >20 scientists (call these "large labs"), this means ~40 percent of scientists work in "large labs"