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Posts: 329 Joined: Sep. 2007
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1-- Schlafly cant 'sue' Lenski. Lenski doesnt 'own' his data, nor is he in control of who he can send data/samples to. Michigan State owns that material. Thus, Schlafly will have to 'sue' Michigan State.
2-- I, nor anyone else in research, is required to 'send our data' to anyone, on demand. Our institution can send samples to another institution (or industry) via material transfer agreements. Schlafly is neither a university or a private research industry, thus no one is going to send him anything.
3-- E. Coli require the approval of environmental health and safety. They would not approve the shipment of experimental bacteria to Schlaflys home refrigerator.
4-- Example: Someone has generated a mouse line we want. They have published on it, and are required to 'give' the mouse line to us if our uni asks. That individual is under no obligation to spend time/money/resources on 'giving' us the mice. If they have to hire someone to rederrive the line from embryos we have to pay for that. Thus, if Schlafly wants every last bit of data from Lenski, Schlafly must pay for the salary of any necessary help, all the reagents, supplies, space, etc. I doubt he has that kind of bread.
Conclusion, Schlafly is an idiot. But we already knew that.
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