"We want to support scientists thinking in novel ways," he said.
The Greene Center will include laboratories and classrooms and will support scientists exploring the relationship of genes, the workings of the brain, and human behavior.
The funding platform, which will support scientists seeking innovative ways to tackle some of the health challenges that have hobbled growth in Africa, aims to mobilise researchers from across the continent to invest in local research and training.
For example, the Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship scheme was established to support scientists in the UK at an early stage of their career who require flexible working due to personal circumstances such as parenting, caring responsibilities or health issues.
It devised a two-pronged strategy: support scientists who endorsed the notion that sugar was a valuable source of dietary energy without any specific health risks; and then mobilize these experts in a public-relations campaign.
You can either support scientists by giving them the conditions to make these discoveries and translate their work into something big, or you can pay us lip service – or worse, dismiss science as something unconnected to the wider community.
