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Babak Javid

@javid_lab

Infectious Diseases physician-scientist @UCSF| Fascinated by protein synthesis and TB. Occasional out of the box thinker. Bahá’í , father, husband. Own views.
javidlab.ucsf.edu Joined March 2020
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Babak Javid @javid_lab
Amazing advance and constant debate as to who was left out.

Even aside from that, in the 1980s, Foster described "algal eyes" and that it was a rhodopsin.

It's not obvious that study of "algal eyes" would eventually shed light on brain function.

*Basic science* is vital.
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