How can lab heads interact with industry and academia?
Lab heads are encouraged to collaborate with academic, industrial, and government scientists. They pursue their work under the same well-established policies that have long governed the activities of HHMI investigators based at universities and other research institutions. We engage in collaborative projects with industrial partners when appropriate, such as in technology development. We also work with companies to help commercialize technologies developed in our laboratories. Separately from their Janelia Farm research activities, lab heads are permitted to do paid consulting for companies, again under the policies that govern consulting by other HHMI investigators.
