The Structural Biology Rap

The Structural Biology Rap

Four verses about recombinant protein expression, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray Crystallography and Cryo-Electron Microscopy.    Really, what more do you need to know? H/T Paul Shin
Enough With The Space Junk Mania!

Enough With The Space Junk Mania!

Will picosatellites pollute space like in Wall-E? Why do we let amateurs kill Mother Earth? Send in the UN! These are part of the overwhelming comments following my Discovery interview. I am amazed…
Even if Science 2.0 is not your brand, science is

Even if Science 2.0 is not your brand, science is

J.L. Vernon echoes many of the points I made in Are Science Blogging Networks Dead? but also focuses on a distinct aspect, writing Just like the NBA, “Science” is a brand.  It's a message that…
Love, War and Heterocycles

Love, War and Heterocycles

I probably first heard of the McMahon Line in 1962, when there was a brief war between China and India for control of the Himalayan border between them.   My chief memory of this is a Giles…