tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514852810396833493.post2315580510616425453..comments2024-03-12T05:10:16.927-04:00Comments on C&EN Onion: Microorganism Unimpressed By Recent "Elegant" Total SynthesisC&EN Onionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10112344451133772456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514852810396833493.post-18796699249637432012015-06-17T20:55:17.686-04:002015-06-17T20:55:17.686-04:00Effing brilliant.Effing brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514852810396833493.post-30601520361654018742014-11-11T12:20:49.377-05:002014-11-11T12:20:49.377-05:00Yes, but it didn't take the grad student >5...Yes, but it didn't take the grad student >5e8 years to make it [or, rather, to evolve the glassware and reagents so (s)he could make it]. Though if (s)he had to, that would definitely make grad school much longer and worse:<br />"If you don't evolve that P450 for the remote oxidation sequence by next week, I'll find another postdoc who will! <br />"Mutate faster, idiot!"<br />"I don't care if the byproduct is toxic - that what you have a liver for. Chlorinate that methyl or you can go in the basement and sit in the dark until you can make your enzymes behave."Hapnoreply@blogger.com