Mark Walport is perhaps the most powerful chief scientist we’ve seen in the UK. He has the ear of David Cameron and nothing in science policy or funding happens without him a) seeing it and b) agreeing it. He used to run the Wellcome Trust and was a Professor at Imperial College. At the Wellcome Trust and as a medical scientist, he was a big player in setting up the Crick Institute.
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Mark Walport
Mark Walport is perhaps the most powerful chief scientist we’ve seen in the UK. He has the ear of David Cameron and nothing in science policy or funding happens without him a) seeing it and b) agreeing it. He used to run the Wellcome Trust and was a Professor at Imperial College. At the Wellcome … Continued
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