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.
Most universities pressure their biochemical researchers to do research that allows them to get money from the private sector.
There are political efforts to get universities to do research that benefits the private sector and that can be commercialized.
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.