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Comment on Water, Wine, Milk or Beer? Perhaps none of the above. by What are you for Halloween? A chemist | Just Another Electron Pusher

What are you for Halloween? A chemist | Just Another Electron Pusher — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:59:01 +0000

[...] Change water into blood: This trick was recently blogged about by CENtral Science’s Sidechain Bob—check it out here! [...]

Comment on You know what’s even better than the GRE? by Curious Wavefunction

Curious Wavefunction — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:39:08 +0000

The chem GRE brings back some bad memories for me. I had a 101 degrees fever when I took the exam. Still got a pretty good score though, attesting to the fact that it’s not all that hard.

Comment on Yup, still in Kansas. by See Arr Oh

See Arr Oh — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:25:27 +0000

@Sidechain – Welcome back!

RE: “45-50 hr weeks [in] graduate school”

…You may want to revise that number (upwards) once you’re there. Just a helpful hint.

Comment on We’re not in Kansas anymore. by Rachel Pepling

Rachel Pepling — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:32:15 +0000

Welcome back! Looking forward to hearing all about where you wound up and how you got there.

Comment on We’re not in Kansas anymore. by Lila Guterman

Lila Guterman — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:28:49 +0000

So…? Where are you, chiral?

Good to hear from you on the blog. Hope to hear more soon!

Comment on What is Chemical Biology? No… seriously. by Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:03:30 +0000

I agree with you 100% that (these days) “Chemical Biology means probing biological systems with chemical agents”. As opposed to biochemistry, which is the study of the chemistry that occurs naturally in living cells. Studying Biochemistry with synthetic probes (such as I do), by extension I guess would then be chemical biochemistry, but that just sounds silly.
Shopping around for grad schools is something to look forward to; you get meet some of the smartest people in the world and they’re all trying to convince you to come to their school.
Nature chembio is indeed a good journal, make sure to check out their newest issues too (monthly), to see what the various big names have been upto lately.
I’m in the “Chemical Biology Graduate Program” at UC Berkeley, which is not a stand-alone program but rather something you apply to after being admitted into one of the affiliate departmental graduate programs (I’m in Chemistry; most CBGP students are Chemistry or MCB, but occasionally there is someone from Bioengineering or Chemical engineering). Really all it means (in addition to being in your departmental program) is that you get to do rotations, have a virtually limitless range of lab choices and get to interact with other people excited about chembio over sandwiches. Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Comment on What is Chemical Biology? No… seriously. by Ian Ainslie

Ian Ainslie — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:41:52 +0000

Good reading. All the best with your trip into knowledge furtherment (?!)
Maybe at this stage, you’ve got an update on your findings?

Comment on How has your week been? Mine has been GREat! by Bethany Halford

Bethany Halford — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:46:37 +0000

Good Luck, Bob!

Comment on Everybody Needs A: Bottle Opener by kevin

kevin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:22:40 +0000

Had mine on my keys for 15 years now and has opened thousands of bottles Brooklyn makes the best opener by far- got mine for free from a dlvry guy at a place I worked

Comment on Water, Wine, Milk or Beer? Perhaps none of the above. by Christine Herman

Christine Herman — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:38:21 +0000

sounds like a really cool demo– thanks for sharing! I might have to bust this out next time I have friends over to show off how cool chemistry is…