The Responsibility of Great Science: Lessons from Oppenheimer

<p><strong>If you work in science that impacts humans, please go and see&nbsp;<em>Oppenheimer.</em></strong></p> <p>If you are not familiar with the story (I wasn&rsquo;t), it&rsquo;s based on a book called&nbsp;<em>American Prometheus</em>, and is about J. Robert Oppenheimer&rsquo;s journey building the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II and his life after the war. He&rsquo;s an anti-hero with a lot of imperfections (including arrogance, infidelity, and an ambiguous relationship with the early Communist party in America). As I watched the film, I couldn&rsquo;t stop thinking about how his journey was familiar to me.</p> <p><strong>It reminded me of how biotech works and what it means to translate science into human impact.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@lisavbowers/the-responsibility-of-great-science-lessons-from-oppenheimer-e2b872afb10"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>