8 Quotes by John Clements

We're hoping to focus on the recovery and rebuilding of the sciences we have. We have spent tens of millions of dollars in building capacity in research. The challenge is not to lose that as we focus on new opportunities. It's a huge challenge.

If we return to competing between institutions, we're not going to survive. We're too small and vulnerable to be competing with one another. We have to find ways to partner, and that partnership could be as simple as sharing resources.

Why, you want to change the White House? Change the name of the White House?

We're working in the dark; we don't have an inventory list. We had an elevator guy standing waist-deep in sewage-contaminated water, blowing on the wires so we could short-circuit the elevator and get it working.

Every individual has heartbreaking loss stories. Every individual's research is irreplaceable to them. We've all lost a lot.

It's a continuing process, and it'll continue until the owner shows back up and says, Those are my cells.

St. Louis roots rock really came out for this event.

I can re-create everything in my lab, but it's going to be painful. Stem cells in the gene banks and the cancer cells in the tumor banks: Those are irreplaceable.