Punk Rocker Wins Descartes Prize
Today I discovered that this gent and his lab have just won the Descartes prize for their study of mitochondria. It is quite appealing to see somone winning a major prize for this sort of microbiological work. It is also good to see that eccentricities of dress and character are not barriers to achieving precisely the kind of position – award winning director of a research lab – that I personally aspire to. It is also intriguing to hear that he opted to move to Finland for a more friendly research climate; Finland seems to have quite a lot going for it.
