“When I draw a molecule in China or in Argentina, it is the same molecule. People understand immediately without knowing Spanish or Chinese. That is beautiful. Our common goal is not about power or borders of the country, it is about bringing forward human knowledge.”
- Ben Feringa, awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Feringa is a strong advocate for diversity and collaboration across borders. On 9 March, Feringa will be joining our discussion on the future of life in Tokyo.
Read more about our Nobel Prize Dialogue and watch it online: https://t.co/2JEkbCi28s
We have fully-funded, long-term PhD and Postdoctoral positions open in my laboratory, as part of our ERC research! Please see details below.
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If you watch the NEWS, you may think we're headed for Civil War and the world is in Bad Shape.
That's Bullsh!t
And, here's 10 Charts to Prove it:
1. Child Survival is Up
“many people even harbour the mistaken notion that physicians invent most drugs; they do not. Chemists invent drugs – that is why I became a chemist.” https://t.co/7dTxDKRGOv
One of the most misinterpreted story is "Scorpion and the Saint", where a saint keeps saving a scorpion from drowning, despite it stinging him every time.
This is our version of "If someone slaps your cheek, show them the other"
But this story has a better interpretation (1/7)
The reason why the world calls him 𝗨𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱.
Legendary Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain plays Lord Shiva's Damru with the shankhnaad of the Ganas on kailash mountains. This is 🔥
Our policy on employees who leave:
If you give us 2+ yrs of good work & enough notice for us to find & train a replacement, you get added to our unofficial "alumni network", which means:
We do whatever we can, within reason, to help you along in your career.
IOCB is accepting applications for PhD studies! Our group has open positions! And the groups of my colleagues too!
Check the amazing infrastructure and research projects available in organic chemistry, biochemistry and physical chemistry at IOCB. RTs are appreciated.
For those who are outside Canada, a photo of the Opinion from the Tuesday G&M.
Warning, you may need a magnifying glass to read.
Graduate students are big contributors to our research enterprise and are very different than undergraduates when it concerns funding.