Comments on: Doctorates on the Dance Floor http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: What The Heck Is Nano Anyway? at C&ENtral Science http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-10732 What The Heck Is Nano Anyway? at C&ENtral Science Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:05:51 +0000 http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/#comment-10732 [...] Dance Your Ph.D. contest may have ended, but there’s still plenty of ways to show the more creative side of science. The [...] [...] Dance Your Ph.D. contest may have ended, but there’s still plenty of ways to show the more creative side of science. The [...]

]]> By: keith http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-7841 keith Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:43:38 +0000 http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/#comment-7841 I appreciate the moves and all that but I'm glad this didn't win the contest (although at the beginning of the movie I was quite hopeful). I physically cringe every time I see a chemist in the lab without wearing goggles. For me, and most chemists I would think, it's second nature to put on your goggles as you are entering the lab and to not remove them until you leave. A winning video, which I assume will be proudly shown to many young scientists, should not trivialize lab safety. I appreciate the moves and all that but I’m glad this didn’t win the contest (although at the beginning of the movie I was quite hopeful).

I physically cringe every time I see a chemist in the lab without wearing goggles. For me, and most chemists I would think, it’s second nature to put on your goggles as you are entering the lab and to not remove them until you leave. A winning video, which I assume will be proudly shown to many young scientists, should not trivialize lab safety.

]]> By: Rachel Pepling http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-7729 Rachel Pepling Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:55:48 +0000 http://cenblog.org/2008/11/20/doctorates-on-the-dance-floor/#comment-7729 These remind me of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dhO0iCLww" rel="nofollow">grooviest molecular dance</a> ever. Who knew protein synthesis could be so trippy? These remind me of the grooviest molecular dance ever. Who knew protein synthesis could be so trippy?

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