Hi Meme - Long time!...
Well, the idea of starting something on our membrane yeast two-hybrid, hit a lot of snags...
Long story, but the Ph.D. student who had worked out the setup, had his documantation in a complete mess. So much so, that two others had to work for most of two years to get the system back to where we thought it was, two years ago.
System, now thoroughly documented, works well, but the biotech hype is not what it once was... Raising venture capital in a market where 90% of all biotech startups are on the verge of collaps, isn't easy...
I guess the short version of this is: We're not planning anything at the moment.
Research is going well.
Putting the last touch on work on a native 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis system to be used in analysing protein-protein interactions in a whole-proteome level. Hope to send out the manuscript in late winter. It should open some eyes... I believe I have, compared to other published native electrophoresis techniques, increased the resolution around 50 fold... It's been a lot of exiting work.
Have a students working for me, now.
That's very exiting!
Not too long ago, I was the one being supervised and provided with projects.
Now, I make up the projects and supervise the students.
I believe she is on the verge of having publishable material ready. Getting to that point is something one thinks will never happen, untill it actually happens.
I kind of fancy the thought of becomming senior author on a publication. It's one of those career milestones that are always somewhere out of sight in a haze, somewhere... untill you suddenly realize you're there... And THEN it really hits you... somebody is having success, working on an idea YOU thought up... Very satisfying feeling, I have to say...
She is one outstanding girl and I can't remember having seen a student with such a flair for research, since.... me...(LOL!)
Yes - science is very international, isn't it?
My student is from Hong Kong...
Hope you've had a splendid holiday and are ready to tackle the new year, head on.
Good luck for your company.
Bristol Meyers is on the list I mentioned and so it should be. DoubleBuy wanted a list of 10, so I gave him that (+ a few of the big and profitable biotechs like Genentech and Amgen)
KD
