Incentives

Associated traditional knowledge, big data and the innovation train

Originally published on LinkedIn in October 2017 (but still important) Without scientists, the only thing you can get out of a forest are the trees. At the next the Biodiversity…

Sensitivity and Specificity

The problem with trying to fix an error after making many mistakes is that we tend to err in the opposite direction. You know the saying: first by omission and…

How many butterflies are worth an elephant?

The question poised by a consultant during a conversation, that would offend an lepidopterologist, is the key to answer another question: how do we fund more biodiversity molecular research? That…

The client’s Joy Department

Science is best when verified by technology

An essay based on the article Sarewitz, 2016. Saving Science. The New Atlantis  During the COVID19 pandemic, once again, science has brought the solution to a health, humanitarian, social and…