This is the second post from Mark Peczuh on the culture of doing science in Spain and, specifically, in Catalunya. (I do owe Mark a big apology for not getting this out sooner.) I really have enjoyed reading this interview with Ernest, and I hope you will too. Lots of […]
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Originally posted September 30, 2013 First of all, I wanted to offer a big thank you to everyone who participated. My co-conspirators (CJ, See Arr Oh, and Stu) and I are truly grateful to everyone who took time out of their day to answer our survey questions. We’ve had 401 […]
The JACS Challenge – A Mini-Round Up
Originally posted September 23, 2013 What makes a scientific publication good? As scientists, are we capable of discerning good papers from bad papers? These questions were the focus of a recent conversation I had on twitter with Stuart Cantrill, editor at Nature Chemistry, and bloggers extraordinaire, Chemjobber and See Arr […]
Sciencegeist: The JACS Challenge
Originally posted June 5, 2013 This is the first of several posts from Mark Peczuh that I am hosting. In this post, Mark interviews Xavier Salvatella on his research (protein-protein interactions and their implications for disease) and why he works/lives in Barcelona. Enjoy! “It is a bit like Janelia Farm […]
Sciencegeist: Interview with Xavier Salvatella – by Mark Peczuh
Originally posted June 5, 2013 Over the next several weeks, I am going to be hosting posts written by Mark Peczuh (pronounced PEEzee – thanks to some brilliant translation of Hungarian at Ellis Island). Mark is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Connecticut. His research group synthesizes […]
Sciencegeist: Guest Writer: Mark Peczuh
Originally posted May 17, 2013 … The more things change, the more they stay the same. I’m currently reading The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence Principe. It’s a really enjoyable book, and I’ve learned so many things from it. I hope to share some of my favorites. But, I’ve just […]
Sciencegeist: Alchemy vs Chemistry: Same as it ever was
Originally posted April 18, 2013 “If it bleeds, we can kill it” – Major Dutch Schaefer (This post is an entry in See Arr Oh‘s Chemistry at the Movies Blog Carnival) When Dutch and his band of military mercenaries went stalking the Predator in the jungles of South America, they […]
Sciencegeist: Movie Blood
Originally posted November 16, 2012 Someone asked about tryptophan and sleepiness earlier … So I am adding some of the slides from my Chemistry of Cooking Thanksgiving lecture. This is certainly not the final or complete word on the subject, but I thought people might enjoy it anyway. Here are […]
Sciencegeist: Tryptophan and Sleepiness
Originally posted November 16, 2012 Thanks to the CENtral Science blogging crew for putting this together! Rachel has been aggregating the incoming links. Go and have a read. Some great stuff here! Thanksgiving is meant to be a time of gratitude. It is a day set aside to remember all […]
Sciencegeist: #FoodChem Thanksgiving Blogging Carnival
Originally posted October 25, 2012 See Arr Oh is hosting a ChemCoach blogging carnival over at his site. The hope is that someone, somewhere will find some useful helps and hints as they are pushing for their degrees in chemistry. So … Here goes … Your Current Job I am […]