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Plexxikon's drug candidate for melanoma, PLX4032 (green), binds to the kinase B-RAF (yellow). Image Courtesy of Gideon BollagToday I posted a news story about the debut of the structure of PLX4032, a promising melanoma drug developed by Berkeley, California...
Apparently everybody in the hepatitis C race was busy over the holiday weekend, as Tuesday brought a flood of news from the sector. There was good news, bad news, and an acquisition.Last things first: the acquisition. Bristol-Myers Squibb announced it will...
Oslo, Norway: The second round of Kavli Prizes in Science are being awarded this week, and Im in Oslo attending the ceremonies. Due to a missed connection on my way to Oslo, I was unable to attend Mondays Kavli Prize symposia in astrophysics, nanoscience, and...
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linked to by 5Chemjobber got our creative juices flowing this Monday morning when he came up with a list of his favorite things about chemistry, and called on us (and others) to come up with our own. Azmanam’s already answered the call. Here’s our top ten, with...
Like our compatriots over at The Haystack, we, too, are answering Chemjobber’s call for our favorite chemistry things:1. Raindrops on roses, of course. 2. Wowing nonscientists with the Diet Coke/Mentos trick at parties. 3. @Azmanam, we never get tired...
linked to by 3Welcome to the live coverage of the Chemical & Pharma Blogging panel. Yes, this pharma blog is live blogging the pharma blogging session. It’s very meta. On our panel today is Derek Lowe of In the Pipeline, Ed Silverman of Pharmalot, David Kroll of...
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parody of cover of C&EN 11/2/09 issueRudy Baum published an editorial yesterday noting the frustration that is always evident with both ACS and C&EN in online forums, especially In The Pipeline. I confess that I can't get myself geeked up about...
These are the latest science news links and snippets from Sciencebase:Scientific Research in the Past – Literally a blast from the past: This item about science in museums and finding a job in museum research was posted on Sciencebase.com way back in...
Some small and useful things this morning:- Wavefunction's account of the R.B. Woodward symposium at the Boston ACS is excellent. - Check out this interview with PhD Comics' Jorge Cham that Leigh Boerner conducted -- very winning. - Liberal Arts...
