The 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was just awarded to researchers who identified the compound that makes jellyfish glow and used that info to make mice glow!
Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien and Osamu Shimomura made it possible to exploit the genetic mechanism responsible for luminosity in the marine creatures.
Today, countless scientists use this knowledge to tag [...]
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glowing jellyfish = chemistry?
Posted in events, university professor on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
blogs away!
Posted in chemical education, university professor on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
University of Wisconsin at Madison is changing the way they teach – some computer science classes are losing lectures in favour of online-tutorials and more labs, some biomed courses are using problem based teaching styles. The chem dept is trying something new – blogging:
Tehshik Yoon: A new formula for classroom blogging
Yoon, a chemistry professor, says [...]
chemistry + education = chemical eduation?
Posted in chemical education, university professor on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another option for getting out of the lab is to start researching it!
Chemical education is a growing field and this month C&EN wrote two articles on it.
What it is:
C&EN
March 31, 2008
Volume 86, Number 13
Web Exclusive
Professional Tools
Resources For Chemical Educators
Doctoral programs, networking organizations, and a variety of publications cater to the field
Sophie L. Rovner
The field of [...]
using your chemistry super power to do good….
Posted in misc cool stuff, personal story, university professor on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
John Polanyi just won the Herzberg Gold Medal in Canada! (For all you non-Canadians, this is the highest award in science and engineering you can get in this country.) But in addition to doing great science (a Nobel prize winner in 1986), he is also has spoken out for peace and just lately for [...]
how to be successful without doing the research
Posted in articles, oops!, university professor on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disclaimer: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!
February 22, 2008
Indian Chemist Is Found to Have Plagiarized and Falsified Articles
A professor at Sri Venkateswara University, in Tirupati, India, has been found to have plagiarized or falsified more than 70 research papers, according to an article in the magazine Chemical & Engineering News.
Wow! 70 papers in four years [...]
postdoc – aye or nay?
Posted in alternative careers, decisions, university professor on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Independent just published an article about the job prospects of postdocs:
Caught in a lab rat race: What can be done to improve conditions for academic researchers?
Suzanne Lynch, Januray 17, 2008
It discusses the benefits and pitfalls of doing postdoc appointments.
Benefits:
Rachel McLoughlin is another postdoctorate who is very positive about her experience. She finished a [...]
a man for all seasons – or how to reinvent yourself!
Posted in administrator, personal story, university professor, writer on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Wolke just wrote his swansong Food 101 column for the Washington post.
He writes:
In my several careers, I have always followed the advice of the great philosopher Yogi Berra: Whenever I came to a fork in the road, I took it. Some of the forks have led to designing laboratory buildings, writing textbooks, serving as [...]
Why life is tough…
Posted in decisions, university professor, women on March 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is an interesting article on women in academia – and why possibly there are not more!!
Harvard and the Academic Glass Ceiling
By Robert Drago
March 27, 2006
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/03/2007032701c/careers.html
Sorry! I had the wrong link…
