CHAPTER 14. A Messy Divorce

touting this external validation: Molecular Dynamics press release. Jan. 12, 1998.  http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=3146817

accounting was a nightmare: University of Washington Special Collections. Internal records, Department of Molecular Biotechnology/Genome Sciences

Patterson, Harlan. “Memo to Bob Gust.” 26 Sept. 1994. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

message wasn’t moored in the messy realities: Interview with Maynard Olson at the University of Washington. 29 Nov. 2012

the NIH totally shit-canned that grant: Interview with Lee Rowen at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. 19 Dec. 2012.

an influential editorial: Olson, Maynard. “A Time to Sequence.” Science. 20 Oct. 1995  http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/data/genomes/270-5235-394.pdf

the Olson camp and the Hood camp: Interview with Todd Smith in Seattle. 4 Jan. 2013

Olson, Maynard. “Memo to Paul Ramsey.” 24 July 1996. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

Olson, Maynard. “Memo to Paul Ramsey, Bob Gust, Leroy Hood, Phil Green.” 13 Sept. 1996. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

the battle lines were drawn: Varmus, Harold. “The Art and Politics of Science.”  W.W. Norton & Co. 2009. Ch. 10. Being NIH Director. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK190624/

Darth Venter: I’m the Human Genome. McKie, Robin. The Guardian. 28 Apr. 2002.  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/28/medicalscience.research

Hood is kind of like Craig Venter, but with real accomplishments: Interview with Maynard Olson at the University of Washington Foege Hall, Department of Genome Sciences. 29 Nov. 2012

advocating large-scale shotgun sequencing: Venter, J. Craig; Smith, Hamilton O.; Hood, Leroy E. “A new strategy for genome sequencing.” Nature 30 May 1996. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8632789

we can do this on any large genome: Interview with Greg Mahairas in Seattle. 16 Nov. 2012

rice genome was important: Eckhardt, Nancy A. “Sequencing the Rice Genome.” 12 Nov. 2000 Plant Cell. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC526008/

unique opportunity for Monsanto: Hood, Leroy E. Letter to Monsanto CEO Robert Shapiro. 7 July 1998

ought to be bloody appreciative: Huntsman, Lee. “E-mail message to Paul Ramsey.” 31 Oct. 1997. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

wondering if there is a shot at setting you up back here: Baltimore, David. Letter to Leroy Hood. 24 Feb. 1998

The feeling, particularly in biology, was so strong against him: Interview with David Baltimore at his Caltech office. 30 Jan. 2013

particularly horrifying: Hood, Leroy. Letter to Bob Gust on “The Institute for the Analysis of Molecular Systems.” 25 June 1998

we have been timely and generous: Ramsey, Paul. “Memo to Leroy Hood.” 15 Oct. 1998. University of Washington Special Collections. Accession #14—001

someone who could be a peacemaker: Interview with Roger Perlmutter at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. 24 Jan. 2013

Pollack, Andrew “A Biotech Superstar Looks at the Bigger Picture.” The New York Times. 17 Apr. 2001. Page F3 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/17/science/scientist-at-work-leroy-hood-a-biotech-superstar-looks-at-the-bigger-picture.html

getting started with an anonymous $5 million donation: Lane, Polly; Sanchez, Roberto. “Geneticist Leroy Hood Leaves UW – He’ll Lead Private Venture to Link Computer Science With Biology.” The Seattle Times. 13 Dec. 1999  http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991213&slug=3001252

Hood, Leroy; Aderem, Alan; Aebersold, Ruedi. “History of the Institute for Systems Biology.” Unpublished internal copy provided by Leroy Hood.

I pleaded with him: Kuzma, Cindy. “The Pied Piper of Science.” Science & Spirit. Quincy, Massachusetts. January February 2004. Page 26.  http://cindykuzma.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-pied-piper-of-science.pdf

oh my God: Interview with Eran Hood in Seattle 29 Nov. 2012

it was personal: Interview with Alan Aderem. 3 Jan. 2013

he’s a wonderful guy, but a very demanding guy: Interview with Bill Gates, responses in writing, 25 Oct. 2014

frog jumping into a frying pan: Comments via email from Todd Smith, 9 Jan. 2015.