c|net: IBM looks to genetics to map new business
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Posted by kfarmer, Monday August 25 2003 @ 03:56PM EDT
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HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--Gustavo Stolovitzky, a brash biophysicist at the IBM division doing basic genetic research, seems an unlikely catalyst for a multimillion-dollar business investment.
"Revenue, marketing, mind share, I don't care about these things," Stolovitzky said over lunch here. "I care about my scientific interactions, my knowledge, my number of papers."
Stolovitzky may not look at income statements, but IBM is counting on researchers like him to give the company an edge in selling products and services tailored for science and medicine. Stolovitzky's research collaboration with a biologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota has already helped spawn a project for IBM to digitize the genetic profiles in millions of the clinic's patient records.
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