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NORDIC
LIFE SCIENCE
EDITOR IN CHIEF: MALIN OTMANI
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PARTNERS:
ARE TWO HEADS, or brains, better than one? Well, perhaps not always but diversity has
been shown to fire imagination and stimulate people to come up with new ideas,
while studies have shown that if the collaborators communicate, are competent and
confident they perform better and make more sensible decisions (Bahrami et al.,
Science, 2010). Even the lone genius Albert Einstein supposedly collaborated with
his fellow students.
Within life science we also have a lot of successful historic examples, duos like
Watson & Crick and Charpentier & Doudna, and let’s not forget one of the world’s
largest collaborative biological projects, the Human Genome Project. Not convinced
yet? Take a look at the last slide of every Nobel Laureate’s Nobel lecture – the list of
colleagues they want to acknowledge is usually very long.
REGARDLESS IF A discovery is made by a single person, the importance of a collaborative
environment should not be underestimated. We need environments that encourage
researchers to build cross-border and interdisciplinary teams and attack problems
that no person alone, or no country or discipline alone, can solve.
An atmosphere where you share the larger goals could also encourage a young
scientist to continue follow his or her calling. Recurrent advice from the young
talented researchers we spoke to in this issue was the importance of networking;
talking to others in order to open up your perspectives, beeing a team player and
discussing your findings.
THIS DOESN’T just apply to the scientific community. In order to build successful businesses,
collaboration is also the key. According to our profile in this issue, venture
capital specialist Eugen Steiner, “you need both the geniuses who invent stuff and
very smart people who can turn the discovery into products, as well as the business
developers who create the network, and the investors.” So, more than one brain.
In our interviews with up-and-coming Nordic life science companies they also all
agree; building a good team around your technology is key and you can’t do everything
yourself!
So, if two heads are better than one when building a business I think it is also true
that two hearts are better than one. If you share a common passion you are more
likely to succeed and it won’t take long until the due date for your baby, ... I mean
your company.
MALIN OTMANI
EDITOR IN CHIEF
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