Open AccessThe making of Tara Oceans: funding blue skies research for our Blue Planet
Author(s) -
Karsenti Eric
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
molecular systems biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.523
H-Index - 148
ISSN - 1744-4292
DOI - 10.15252/msb.20156271
Subject(s) - biology , planet , astrobiology , astronomy , physics
Transforming a romantic idea into the large‐scale Tara Oceans project was made possible by risk‐taking funders that provided seed support to a self‐organized community of highly committed researchers.