Small useful things (links):
- Interesting post by Shane Caldwell about antibiotic resistance as a force of nature.
- Good, detailed post (in Russian) about what a chemistry lab notebook should look like.
- A podcast from "Stop. Think. Science!" on science communication.
- This week, I learned about Stigler's law of eponymy: "no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer."
- Loved this STAT profile of Feng Zhang, one of the pioneers of CRISPR
- Bad news for Roche process folks from FiercePharma, with Roche cutting 4 manufacturing sites, 1200 jobs.
- Two chemistry-related posts in Retraction Watch: JACS, BMC
- I see this story as "unemployed scientist makes a statement."
- Carmen Drahl on a new superglue. (So glad to see Carmen talking chemistry again, as she has been for a while now at Forbes.)
- The problem with teaching management, by Melanie Nelson
- I have a difficult time expressing my feelings about this post by a Monsanto scientist on layoffs
- John on a new polymer curing technique
- Ash, on Linus Pauling's last laugh?
- The latest from All Things Metathesis
Again, an open invitation to all interested in writing a blog, a hobby that will bring you millions thousands hundreds joy and happiness. Send me a link to your post, and I'd be happy to put it up.
The "unemployed scientist makes a statement" link goes to the Retraction Watch BMCL post for me.
ReplyDeleteOdd, works for me. (It is another RW post, though.)
DeleteOops. You're right. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteA few visible tattoos might distract job interviewers from Gangolf John's social and political views.
ReplyDeleteJohn's should be Jobb's.
DeleteNow we know C-jobs is a Russian speaker. Yet another piece of the puzzle falls into place, or Google translate is getting really good these days.
ReplyDeleteТоварищ!
DeleteGesundheit, CJ!
DeleteJust because he also writes reports for FSB and Putin, it does not necessarily follow that Chemjobber's advice on the US chemist job market isn't sound. These are two separate issues. Or three.
DeleteYou forgot to add the GRU.
Deleteほんとう？
Deleteei oikeastaan
DeleteAnother nice article on Zhang and CRISPR from the New Yorker
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/the-gene-hackers