Its been something I continually grapple with. As a non academic doing a diverse range of scientific projects how could I come up with a vision statement (if indeed I needed one as I have managed for 18 years without one). A few days ago I put a research statement together. I think it basically …
Category Archive: green chemistry
Dec
30
Summary of collaborative publications in 2013.
Time for a brief end of year summary and some insights into various papers, reviews and commentaries I was involved in this year. I have probably missed a few papers that are either not in PubMed or come to mind readily so will likely add as I remember them. What really struck me in a …
Mar
07
Why are some companies slowly developing mobile apps ?
If you follow this blog, you will already know I have a bit of an interest in mobile apps for chemistry and science in general. This is through having ideas like Green Solvents, Open Drug Discovery Teams and TB Mobile (which are all free apps) and then getting a great developer like Alex Clark involved that knows the …
Feb
27
Green Solvents App – Now sponsored by the RSC
Less than 2 years ago I tweeted about the ACS Green Chemisty Institute solvent selection guide. Within a week Alex Clark had an App on iTunes. Pretty quickly we started to get the word out and this led recently to a paper on Green Solvents, Lab solvents and other apps with a green chemistry angle …
Jan
07
Incorporating Green Chemistry Concepts into Mobile Chemistry Applications and Their Potential Uses
January begins very nicely with a collaborative paper (with Alex Clark and Antony Williams) on green chemistry in mobile apps being published in the very first issue of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Even better, it appears to be freely accessible (!), is mentioned on the cover (see image) and is currently top of the download list. …
Sep
12
Fraud detection, Kullback–Leibler divergence, Movies, ship design and other good stuff at the Discovery Summit
Well hopefully that title grabbed your attention and you did not mistake it for an episode of the Big Bang Theory.. I have been attending the Discovery Summit 2012 at SAS in Cary NC for the last day and a half. All because I occasionally use one of their products, JMP for statistical analysis and …
Apr
18
Green Chemistry and Engineering Business Plan Competition – ODDT app
Many things are done out of order, yesterday proved that to me. perhaps one would normally have an idea – develop a business plan, develop product and then develop user guide..not us, lets scramble it a bit… Yesterday was an all out ODDT day (pronounced oddity)..First up there was the business plan. Last year I …
Feb
26
Should I just give all my ideas away? The perils of collaboration and why I want to be open pt I.
I was reminded of a comment at Science Online 2012 when someone (and I apologize I could not get their name – please let me know if you read this) mentioned that it would be great if there was somewhere they could put all their ideas online and just share them. Some people have far …
Feb
08
Art & Science – the Pistoia Alliance, Dragons Den- an opportunity to showcase a new app
What do David Hockney and I have in common? Not much except he is pushing the boundaries and creating great art with an iPad and well I am trying to use an iPad to do drug discovery, pushing a different kind of boundary. I had chance to see his exhibit at the Royal Academy of …
Oct
28
A golden opportunity for open science
I give a few talks to different kinds of scientific audiences, and it is always important that I feel a passion for the subject that I can bring over. Last week I had the opportunity to talk to many IT decision makers at global drug companies about collaboration. Today I gave an invited co-presentation (with Antony …
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