In the past, many offices like this one have been designed for a grants and contracts process that evolved to serve the tradition of single investigator, single institution model. (sciencemag.org)
Bob Lees, head of the division at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) in Bethesda, Maryland, that supports much of the organic chemical synthesis research in the United States, notes that in recent years NIGMS has devoted less funding to large - scale projects and more to research by single investigators. (sciencemag.org)
«This study not only represents a longstanding collaboration between the University of Utah and UCSF but also is a reflection of the transition in research from single investigators working on their own to highly collaborative studies with experts in many fields from different institutions,» says Mulvihill, who is also a pancreatic cancer surgeon and an investigator with the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute. (sciencedaily.com)