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Among the millions of blogs out there, only a few stick out, and even less make an impact on you. These are the 5 bloggers that made an impact on me, they have inspired me, enlightened me, and taught me during many years. This is my little thank you card for them. Guys, you rock! [...]

What is the main difference between web and biotech startups. It is about risk and where it takes place.

This is a call for all the experts in HPLC metabolite retention time prediction, or QSRR. Would you build a model using the following data or just give up? Please share your two cents. Would you build a metabolite retention time prediction model with these data? I got the a dataset from some HPLC experiments [...]

The future for drug discovery is dark grey. Big Pharma as we know it is going to to die. Only a few brave companies will survive, but only after a painful adaptation to the new reality. Some are trying to adapt, hoping their pink hammer will fix the situation. My concern has hit a maximum [...]

You might have heard that some scientists sequenced the human genome and this would bring the cure to many diseases. Sorry to disappoint you but in biology and health there is much more than meets the eye. Your genetic heritage might indicate that your have more chances than usual of developing a disease, but there [...]

These are the 10 most viewed posts in my blog during 2011. They cover PhD life, advice for young and not so young scientists, and generally useful stuff.

I have recently published a paper in PLoS ONE titled Understanding and Classifying Metabolite Space and Metabolite-Likeness. Understanding and Classifying Metabolite Space and Metabolite-Likeness. 2011, PLoS ONE Julio E. Peironcely, Theo Reijmers, Leon Coulier, Andreas Bender and Thomas Hankemeier.     Short Descritption Of The Paper We have studied the chemical space of human metabolites. We have built [...]

We all want to be somebody different. We all look up to someone we would like to imitate. There is so many people, me included, that feel inadequate, not good enough. All what we want is to be better, improve ourselves. No wonder why self-help books abound in the New York Times’ list of Best [...]

Being quite a procrastinator and a time wasting guy is not easy. Many times I feel guilty for wasting my time and my employers money. At least it looks to me I am wasting them. This procrastination guilt kept piling up day after day and the feeling was not a nice one. When the end [...]

These are the slides of my talk “Structure Generation, Metabolite Space, and Metabolite Likeness” at the Unilever Center for Molecular Informatics in November 2011, Cambridge, UK. I presented these slides during my UK road tour in November 2011.   Structure Generation, Metabolite Space, and Metabolite Likeness Background The chemoinformatics tools presented here are developed for [...]

A cook talking about innovation, in general? Can you learn something from a food maker? Well, if it is Ferran Adrià who shares his wisdom you can learn more than in MIT. Nevertheless, Ferran Adrià has revolutionized how topnotch (and not so topnotch) restaurants prepare their food. Adrià is the owner of El Bulli, the famous 3 [...]

From writing papers, to giving presentations, to grad school humor. These are the top 42 books for PhD and graduate students. If you want to survive in graduate school, you must read these books. It is normal to feel lost in the vastness of a PhD project. Graduate school is a though place. You need [...]