Experimental planning spreadsheets
The many “colors” of chromatography, especially TLC
Chromatography literally means “writing in color” because it was originally used to separate colored pigments. Nowadays, chromatography has a number […]
Exciting career update!
Signed! It’s official – I am incredibly excited to announce that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemistry […]
Reasonableness checks
Before you use your calculator (or even your pencil), use your brain! Silly errors are easy to make when doing […]
Nucleophilic acyl substitutions – swapping what’s hooked up to carbonyl C’s
In nucleophilic acyl substitutions you swap out what’s attached to a carbonyl carbon Because oxygen is more electronegative (electron-hogging) than […]
Cool carbonyl chemistry
Much of biochemistry is carbonyl chemistry – so here’s some more about some of why this is and what to call […]
Ribosome-focused methods: ribosome profiling/footprinting/Ribo-Seq; polysome profiling; toeprinting
The biochemical equivalent of Disneyland trying to figure out how popular a ride is is scientists trying to figure out […]
My postdoc work!
My postdoc work – It’s here!!!!! PS – we originally posted it as a pre-print (paper that hasn’t yet been […]
Want to be a scientist? Start making (and keeping up to date) a CV (Curriculum Vitae) early!
That’s a lot to cram in, so you want to keep out unnecessary “filler” words and full sentences (e.g., “I […]
Tips for giving a research presentation (especially to a more general audience)
When you give a research presentation* (especially to a more general audience), you’re telling a story. And you’re the director […]
