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What Are Your Favorite Non-U.S. Drug Discovery Stories?

Jun 18Posted by in Academia, Drug Metabolism, History of science, Infectious Diseases, Pharma, The Awesome Power of Natural Products, The Working Scientist

Over at my other gig at the Pharma & Healthcare section of Forbes.com,...

Mourning Open Notebook Science Pioneer, Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley

Mourning Open Notebook Science Pioneer, Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley

May 14Posted by in Academia, Blogging community, Chem Ed, Good People, Outreach, The Working Scientist

I’ve have more later but I just learned some very sad news from Antony...

New University of Florida Chemistry Building Is A “Go!” – Again

New University of Florida Chemistry Building Is A “Go!” – Again

May 6Posted by in Academia, The Working Scientist

Well, it’s that time of the academic year to dust off my University of...

Google Features Percy Julian, Legendary African-American Chemist

Google Features Percy Julian, Legendary African-American Chemist

Apr 11Posted by in Academia, Awesome, Botanical Medicine, Diversity in Science, History of science, Underrepresented Groups

What a fantastic surprise this morning on the 115th anniversary of Percy...

The Case Of The Malodorous Metabolite

The Case Of The Malodorous Metabolite

Apr 6Posted by in Adverse Reactions, Drug Metabolism, Pharma

Over where I also write at Forbes.com, Matthew Herper, Senior Editor for...

Colorado Marijuana Product Potency: Just Another Herbal Medicine

Colorado Marijuana Product Potency: Just Another Herbal Medicine

Mar 14Posted by in Analytical Chemistry, Beating Long-Dead Horses, Living with Chemistry

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been watching Colorado’s...

Promoting Chemistry’s Positive Public Image

Promoting Chemistry’s Positive Public Image

Jan 25Posted by in Awesome, Chem Ed, Chemistry Comes Alive, North Carolina, Outreach, Public Understanding of Science

I had an opportunity earlier this month to write a short “Inside...

A View on Scientific American Blogs and Censorship of Dr. Danielle Lee

A View on Scientific American Blogs and Censorship of Dr. Danielle Lee

Oct 13Posted by in Blogging community, Diversity in Science, Good People, The Working Scientist, Underrepresented Groups, Women in Science and Medicine

For far too long, the presumption has been that if you’re a woman, a...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 Goes to Karplus, Levitt, and Warshel

Oct 9Posted by in The Working Scientist, Uncategorized

Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of...

Personal Reflections On A 9/11 Hero (repost)

Personal Reflections On A 9/11 Hero (repost)

Sep 11Posted by in Good People, Personal, REPOST

Here is why I will always remember. Originally posted on 11 September 2006...

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