PART $2$

Based on your prior high profile publications, you are hired into a tenure$-$track position at the prestigious National Institutes of Health. Part of the attraction of the position is a laboratory doing state$-$of$-$the$-$art sequencing. You approach the head of the sequencing group, Dr$.$ Max, to explore using the genomic sequencer for your own research. Although Dr Max is happy to collaborate with you, he spells out conditions that include that only Dr$.$ Max's technician may operate the instrument, and that all the original data must remain with Dr$.$ Max. In addition, any paper submitted for publication that contains data obtained using the instrument must be reviewed by Dr$.$ Max prior to submission, and he must be included as a co$-$author, with his two technicians acknowledged for their expertise.

Discussion Questions

Are the conditions requested by Dr$.$ Max reasonable? What if his equipment was purchased for the whole Institute and his lab was considered a core facility? What do you think of the request that Dr$.$ Max keep all original data? What about the requirement that he be an author on the resulting publications?