Gerry Rubin News Today

Santa Monica-based agency RPA has confirmed that co-founder Gerry Rubin has died at the age of 83. The agency posted a notice on its website that reads in…

In their remarks, Rubin’s friends and colleagues recall his ‘larger-than-life’ character and the ‘profound impact’ he had on their careers.

We thought we could understand the brain. As we approach the finish line on another “decade of the brain” we ask: are we there?" 

In academia, development of new reagents is covered by governments or institutes – and one chemist wondered if he could better leverage this investment.

A group leader decided that his lab would share the fluorescent dyes they create, for free and without authorship requirements. Nearly 12,000 aliquots later, he reveals what has happened since.