tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post4331253482028016200..comments2023-10-22T06:24:56.055-04:00Comments on Interfacial Digressions: Perspectives on InterfacesMJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796378432680640144noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-69400146228255434142009-01-18T01:52:00.000-05:002009-01-18T01:52:00.000-05:00Funny you should mention...I've made a lot of stuf...Funny you should mention...I've made a lot of stuff that's at least two of those three. Oddly, solubility isn't often an issue...Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-47988510577541839552009-01-17T10:08:00.000-05:002009-01-17T10:08:00.000-05:00Since you're an NMR guy, though, you have valuable...<I>Since you're an NMR guy, though, you have valuable skills and may continue to live. ;)</I><BR/><BR/>Give me your insoluble, your poorly ordered, your aggregated masses yearning to be analyzed....MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796378432680640144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-21027532802250584662009-01-14T22:38:00.000-05:002009-01-14T22:38:00.000-05:00For better or worse, the chemistry community still...<I>For better or worse, the chemistry community still has to keep us biochemists/biophysical chemists in their ranks. You're not getting rid of us *that* quickly. ;)</I><BR/><BR/>Why? IME, biochemists are pretty useless! Since you're an NMR guy, though, you have valuable skills and may continue to live. ;)Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-9313660386120227062009-01-13T21:25:00.000-05:002009-01-13T21:25:00.000-05:00I think the issue is that given a choice between a...I think the issue is that given a choice between a biochemistry-oriented prize versus a clear-cut medicine (or even fundamental cell biology) prize, we're going to preferentially see the latter. Ones like last year's HIV-based prize, <I>H. pylori</I> prize in 2005, or the MRI prize in 2003 demonstrate that medical relevance still holds sway there. <BR/><BR/>For better or worse, the chemistry community still has to keep us biochemists/biophysical chemists in their ranks. You're not getting rid of us *that* quickly. ;)<BR/><BR/>o O (ALL YOUR NOBEL BELONG TO US.) <BR/><BR/>P.S. - Now, of course, since I said that, the 2009 chemistry Nobel will be so undeniably chemical in nature that no one - synthetic, analytical, materials, biological, medicinal - will be able to contest its worthiness.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796378432680640144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-64965534321597178302009-01-13T20:12:00.000-05:002009-01-13T20:12:00.000-05:00Hey, I didn't think the latest Chemistry nobelists...Hey, I didn't think the latest Chemistry nobelists were unwashed pirate scum. They were definitely deserving...I just would have preferred to see them win one in medicine. :PΨ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-16840155828109236132009-01-13T10:14:00.000-05:002009-01-13T10:14:00.000-05:00The corollary to that is that you can talk them in...The corollary to that is that you can talk them into generously sharing cultures/reagents/apparatus with you so they can be associated with your groundbreaking and revolutionary ideas. <BR/><BR/>Well, that's what they think, at the very least. You're just happy you managed to get someone to agree to your latest harebrained idea. Heh.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796378432680640144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141404286602625320.post-51365426592787131292009-01-13T00:43:00.000-05:002009-01-13T00:43:00.000-05:00The biggest advantage is that I can lament the bio...<I>The biggest advantage is that I can lament the biological understanding of chemists and physicists, the physics blindness that chemists and biologists exhibit, and the appalling lack of chemical intuition that biologists and physicists demonstrate.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. The second biggest advantage is that you understand enough of what they are doing to talk them out of useful cultures/reagents/apparatus. And you can tune your speech to talk above them in one of the three areas, generally, so that you can make all but the super geniuses feel inadequate. Three Cheers for being cross disciplinary!Robin St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079748114787155061noreply@blogger.com