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By drfreddy On November 30th, 2012 · Leave a Comment

(The questions were collected in this previous post.)

1. Chemjobber: “What’s the biggest clusterfuck of a project you’ve been involved with, and how did you make it worse?”

There was this project which involved a super-active compound, according to the primary and cell assays, and met stab data were decent. The compound was […]

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Father, scientist, nobleman — AMA

By drfreddy On November 23rd, 2012 · 27 Comments

As long as I’m not breaking any laws, confidentially agreements or someone’s heart, I promise to give each and every of the ten (10) first commentators to this post, on any topic, a frank and extensive reply; full disclosure. (Let’s say at least five sentences each.)

Don’t be shy – this can be fun! […]

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An offer I could refuse

By drfreddy On November 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Every now and then, company representatives contact me in hope that I mention their products or services on this page. In fact, mostly in exchange for nothing. I usually don’t even bother to reply, as I assume I’m just one name among many on their email list.

The other day however, I got an email […]

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Boom-Bang-P-h-Effing-D Thesis!

By drfreddy On November 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Today, I got a nice little surprise in my mail inbox – the physical kind (they still exist!). My former diploma worker, almost a decade ago now… damn, has leveled up and will be defending his thesis in a couple of weeks from today.

I love the title! Exactly what you would expect from the […]

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Dried up ink

By drfreddy On November 8th, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Yup, my last solid connection with Big Pharma is hereby officially dead and buried. Period. Just now, I was going to sign a couple of documents, so I grabbed the nearest pen I could find, which happened to be an old one from a former employer of mine.

See what happened with your own […]

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Popular Culture vs Real-Life Chemistry

By drfreddy On November 1st, 2012 · 10 Comments

So, you’re a scientist, huh? Ph.D. and God knows what…

You know, this is your girlfriend’s/wife’s, parents’, (CSI watching) non-scientist friends’ mental image of your work place

 
…while it in fact looks more like

(Peter, I am sorry. You’re an awesome chemist, really. But it was kind of difficult […]

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