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...Molecular biologist Dean Hamer has blue eyes, light brown hair and the goofy sense of humor of a stand-up comic. He smokes cigarettes, spends long hours in a cluttered laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, and in his free time clambers up cliffs and points his skis down steep, avalanche-prone slopes. He also happens to be openly, matter-of-factly...
...that makes Hamer who he is? What, for that matter, accounts for the quirks and foibles, talents and traits that make up anyone's personality? Hamer is not content merely to ask such questions; he is trying to answer them as well. A pioneer in the field of molecular psychology, Hamer is exploring the role genes play in governing the very core of our individuality. To a remarkable extent, his work on what might be called the gay, thrill-seeking and quit-smoking genes reflects his own genetic predispositions...
...Loeb University Professor Walter Gilbert '53, left his post as a tenured professor in molecular and cellular biology and set out to stake a claim in the emerging frontier of commercial biotechnology...
Mark S. Ptashne, former Smith professor of molecular biology, and Thomas P. Maniatis, Lee professor of molecular and cellular biology, founded Genetics Institute in 1980. Maniatis then served on the company's scientific advisory board and board of directors for 17 years, until the institute was bought out by American Home Products, a large Pharmaceutical company...
...There was a period in which the research I wasdoing in the late seventies was a hot researchtopic. It developed into [commercial]biotechnology," Gilbert says. "But the research Ido now, molecular evolution, that's not connectedwith [biotech] companies...