PI Nostalgic For Era When One Person's Music Taste Was Inflicted On Entire Lab MADISON, WI—Expressing a wistfulness he could not fully articulate, professor of biochemistry Dr.

Oh shit, I was totally this guy back in the 80's. And for the record, Du Hast is absolutely appropriate for kinetics measurements.
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Many have questioned the relevance of organic chemistry to the practice of medicine.1,5-7 It is widely acknowledged that organic chemistry is used to “weed out” applicants to medical school.8-10 Is there evidence that failure to excel in an undergraduate course in organic chemistry identifies applicants who are not fit to practice medicine?

"It is widely acknowledged that organic chemistry is used to “weed out” applicants to medical school."

Funny that the cites they have are physicians and undergraduates.

If you're saying "these courses do this thing", it would seem reasonable to, I dunno, ask the teachers of the courses?

Opinion: Every Minute This Seminar Runs Over, I Am Paying A Dollar Per Minute To Day Care By Dr. Sarah Okonkwo, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Tufts University

Opinion: Every Minute This Seminar Runs Over, I Am Paying A Dollar Per Minute To Day Care

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The problem with Canada’s plan to buy scientific prestige The government’s plans to poach 100 US researchers might make good economic sense. But what about the existing community?

[Scholars in Canada] will watch these unicorn hires arrive with great fanfare and much higher salaries... while internal supports stagnate and budget crunches are widespread. The implicit message is hard to miss: excellence is most valuable when it arrives from elsewhere.
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U.S. men’s hockey team feted at Trump’s State of the Union address Gold-medal-winning team visited the U.S. President at the White House ahead of the speech

Team USA is Team MAGA: Enthusiastically embracing fascism, misogyny, white supremacism. And, not forgetting the 4 Nations tournament, virulently anti-Canadian, siding with a president who believes our country — the country that pays many of them — shouldn’t exist.

AI will not save us In fact, it's probably going to make our lives much, much worse

In the New Statesman this week, I channel just some of my hatred toward AI Hype into 900 words.

On the grifters and rubes surfing a bubble atop a pyramid, and the economy-shattering fraud the rest of us can no longer escape.

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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

I’d been wondering about this!

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.

Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.

HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.

99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.

Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Opinion: Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is Before we look to take advantage of fleeing American talent, let’s nurture the Canadian talent we have here by increasing R&D spending

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Advisor, Medicinal Chemistry At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work ...

Lilly is hiring a medicinal chemist in Scarborough, Canada

“The successful candidate will have a strong background in small molecule and peptide synthesis and will leverage these skills to advance new ligands for targeted radiopharmaceuticals” #chemjobs lilly.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LLY/jo...

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But how will I be able to "read" papers now? /s