One Difference Between Web And Biotech Startups
What is the main difference between web and biotech startups. It is about risk and where it takes place.
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Metabolite Retention Time Prediction, Help Needed
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 [...]
What Is Metabolomics?
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 [...]
10 Most Viewed Posts From 2011
Brain Domination Dealing with Humans Hacking Status Quo Must-read Books Personal PhD Learnings For You PhD Life Research Social Media
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.
Understanding And Classifying Metabolite Space And Metabolite-Likeness
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 [...]
Structure Generation, Metabolite Space, and Metabolite Likeness
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 [...]
3 Websites For Alternative Income Generation As A Scientist
Do you want to have an alternative income while working as a scientist? Do you have some spare hours and you want to get extra bucks? Is your graduate scholarship not enough to pay for your lifestyle? Do you find exciting to work in different scientific and consulting projects in your free time? The following [...]
Beware Of The Thieves At Leiden University
Just received this in an email form the University office. It is dangerous these days to be a scientist.
Motivation Letter Example For PhD And Graduate Jobs
I would like to share with you an example of the motivation letter for PhD jobs I have used in the past. I have sent plenty of motivation statements like this one when I was searching for a PhD project in Europe. It pays off to start from a good cover letter, like this one, [...]
Julio’s United Kingdom Tour 2011
In November 2011 I will be giving a series of talks in UK, more precisely, 23rd and 24th November in Cambridge and 25th in London. Please contact me if you are in the area and want to come by to one of the meetings, or want to join me for a pint (or more) of [...]
PhD Tip: Dare
(Photo: Bonolux) Dare to think big, because a paper in Nature makes you work harder than a paper for the neighborhood newspaper. Dare to approach a big name, because you need some godfathers in your network. Dare to say no, because it is your time, your project, your ideas.
Learning in a PhD: Why Trial And Error Sucks
(Photo: comic.lot23.com) Knowing how NOT to do something, does not imply that you know how to do it. You can learn either by trial and error or by following the wise advice (imitating) of someone. I have already made use of evolution to explain how cultural knowledge works. If you opt to use somebody’s experience you [...]
