Sure. I don’t claim it’s impossible for people in such positions to be interested (or excessively interested) in commercialization. Only that these aren’t exactly prime suspects.
From what I have seen acquiring third-party funding is important for most biochemical researchers these days. A researcher who tells an evaluating committee that they aren’t interested in acquiring third-party funding from industry has a hard time getting a professorship.
Sure. I don’t claim it’s impossible for people in such positions to be interested (or excessively interested) in commercialization. Only that these aren’t exactly prime suspects.
From what I have seen acquiring third-party funding is important for most biochemical researchers these days. A researcher who tells an evaluating committee that they aren’t interested in acquiring third-party funding from industry has a hard time getting a professorship.