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April 10, 2008
Leaving The Big Easy = Not Easy
Posted by Carmen Drahl on April 10, 2008 in 2008 Spring National Meeting, ACS Meetings
I’m sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight, hence my current state of blogorrhea (two back-to-back posts!). At least one of C&EN’s reporters got bumped from an American Airlines flight out of New Orleans yesterday. I’m flying US Airways this afternoon, so keep your fingers crossed for me. Safe (and on-time) travels to everyone, especially to the Nature team.
I feel like I’m leaving on a high note–last night, I was trading stories about the meeting with chemists and music lovers as the joint ORGN-MEDI poster session wound down and the Zydepunks kept on playing their unique blend of folk/punk music. I’d say they were good; they had more than a few chemists playing the air drums in the convention center when they thought nobody was looking. Expect a more detailed post (with pictures!) about this soon, where I do my best to pretend I write for Rolling Stone or Q Magazine.
The low point? Feeling more than a little guilty that I spent five days here and stayed exclusively in the nice, clean, touristy part of the city, pushing the gritty reality (see here and here) to the back of my mind.
Philly’s got next, but because we have a permanent blog now, I don’t have to say “see you in Philadelphia.” Awesome.
Chewing The Fat About Antibiotics, Cancer
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Posted by Carmen Drahl on April 10, 2008 in 2008 Spring National Meeting, ACS Meetings
It’s Thursday, and the folks who cleared out of the New Orleans convention center early missed out on a great set of talks in the MEDI division about targeting fatty acid biosynthesis for antibacterial, anticancer, and other pharmaceutical applications.
Six Degrees Of C&EN
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Posted by Lisa Jarvis on April 10, 2008 in 2008 Spring National Meeting, ACS Meetings
As was mentioned in Susan’s post, there was a bit of Hollywood in town during the spring meeting. I also happened upon several trailers full of film equipment during a stroll down Decatur street on Tuesday night and thought I’d fill readers in on a secret C&EN connection to the New Orleans movie action. C&EN Senior Correspondent Ann Thayer’s brother and sister-in-law have been down in the Big Easy for several months working on “12 Rounds,” an action flick being directed by Renny Harlin.
Ann’s sister-in-law says their crew was shooting “car running shots” through the central business district on Tuesday night, but there are now five other movies filming in town, including one that has made its home base on Decatur. If anyone stopped to ask any of the crews what they’re working on, give us a shout in the comments.
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