First Rounder: Kari Stefansson

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Mar 28, 2015

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Kari Stefansson's conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers the founding of deCODE, his love for literature (and his favorite poet), plus his encounter with the tortured chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Mar 28, 2015

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Nature Biotechnology's First Rounders podcast is a series of conversations with founders, financers and developers from biotech's past, present and future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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