That does not answer my question of how the situation has changed in that short time.
Given that the chair is in Molecular Biology, and …
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Axe has no formal training in that field (all his degrees are in Chemistry) and
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he appears to have no record of recent or extensive mainstream publication in that field (his Biola Bio lists only publications in his own Bio-Complexity journal)
… I have to wonder if he’s even qualified for the position. @Mercer, @Rumraket, would you like to venture an opinion?