Sidney Brenner

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4 mentions 3 recordings first heard Mar 2025 last heard 7 Dec ±0 vs the 12 months before

Nobel‑winning biologist who accepted tobacco industry funding

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Matthew CobbGround Truths · The Story of Francis Crick, a new masterpiece biography by M... · 24:27 · 7 Dec
…But it's Crick and Brenner, his friend Sidney Brenner, who actually have this idea.…
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Matthew CobbGround Truths · The Story of Francis Crick, a new masterpiece biography by M... · 23:30 · 7 Dec
…He and Sidney Brenner have this public or semi-public, there's about 10 people in the room, and they start jabbering about all the various results that people have been working on and nobody could fit them together.…
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UnknownBehind the Bastards · Part One: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction... · 1:13:22 · Jun 2025
…I do think that's a thing that a lot of scientists working in important fields feel, which is that like, well, if I have to do something a little fucked up to further this research with incredibly important like implications, it's worth it. And he cited the case of a Nobel laureate, a biologist named Sidney Brenner, who took $15 million from Philip Morris t…
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Steve QuakeGround Truths · Steve Quake and Charlotte Bunne: The Holy Grail of Biology · 24:34 · Mar 2025
…So, you know, Eric, it brings to mind one of……
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