Sir John Bell

But there's steady advance in this field, so I'm pretty optimistic we'll make some headway in this space over the course of the next few years.

So we're really excited about that.

It's an important piece of the puzzle.

Well, I think the you know, regardless of the tariffs, the scientific community are a global community.

And, you know, I think we need to we need to remember that because, you know, our mission is a global mission and we need to lean into that together.

First of all, America is such a powerhouse of everything that's been done scientifically in the human health domain, but not only that, but across all the other domains that we work in.

We can't really make the kind of progress that we need to without America being part of the agenda.

So, first of all, a lot of sympathy for you and your colleagues, because I know it must be massively destabilizing for you not to be confident that the things that work are there to help you.

But I'm pretty confident that this will settle down.

And most of the science is for, well, all the science is really for public good.

And I think the public recognizes it and they'll notice if it's not being prosecuted in the way that it has to be.

And the global science community cannot survive without you.

So we're all leaning in behind you.

And I hope it will continue.

I hope it will settle.

One of my worries is that these things take years to set up and literally hours or minutes to destroy.

We can't afford to take years to set them back up again, so we do need to be a bit careful about that.

But I still have huge confidence in what you guys can achieve and we're all behind you.

And come and visit us at the EIT, Eric.

We'd be glad to see you.