Obviously any time an institute acquires new instrumentation it presents an opportunity–both for the existing faculty (they get to use the technology to test new hypotheses) and for the recruiting of new faculty (come to an institute where you can use Widget Y to conduct your research).
For me, ultimately, the goal is to bring the finest faculty to Krasnow (and with them the finest trainees, postdocs and graduate students). Instrumentation can’t write papers that get into SCIENCE or Nature….yet. But it’s also clear that instrumentation can be a key part of the overall package that induces someone great to come to a place. The strategy then, needs to be to be clever about leveraging instrumentation into the faculty offer package.
As Krasnow expands, as we acquire new technologies (above and beyond the current MRI acquisition), the trick will be to use the instrumentation as a “honey pot”.
My thanks to one of the Krasnow PI’s for the above idea: it’s spot on.
Discoverers and Discoveries 