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Nature Medicine 10, 10 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nm0104-10
Profile: Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Apoorva Mandavilli1
- New Orleans
Abstract
How do you top solving a century-old riddle in developmental neurobiology? By moving to a company with no commercial interest in neuroscience. For someone as ambitious as Marc Tessier-Lavigne, leaving academia for the biotech giant Genentech could be the right choice.
The worst thing anyone has to say about Marc Tessier-Lavigne is that he wants everyone in his laboratory to use 20-point Arial Bold font for their presentations. Or that he has a penchant for bad movies—think Jean-Claude Van Damme—and likes to sing "My Way" at karaoke parties.
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