Monthly Archives: July 2006
Protein simulation: At a crossroads
Almost ten years ago, I ran my first molecular dynamics simulation of a protein (bacteriorhodopsin). In these ten years the field has changed a lot. Simulations were routinely run for a few 100 picoseconds, in vacuo. Today, a few nanoseconds in a box of water molecules is typical (using such improved methods as Particle [...]
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The new rules: A pathway to success in the biotech industry?
By now, I am sure almost everyone has seen the article in Fortune about tearing up the Jack Welch playbook (found via the Business Innovation Insider). Like many others, I have admired Jack Welch and read some of his books, but over the past few years, I have become an even bigger believer in [...]
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Non-profit organizations can be original
If you had told me that American Apparel had opened a virtual retail store within Second Life, I would not be surprised in the least (which of course they have). However, I did not expect the American Cancer Society to tap Second Life for fundraising (Source: Micro Persuasion), I have only briefly flirted [...]
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Its all about the mistakes stupid!!!
One of the recent cover stories in businessweek focused on how the best companies embrace failure, That got me thinking about failure and science. I am sure everyone who has ever spent time doing any sort of research knows the taste of failure. If I start counting the number of successful experiments [...]
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Will data be our undoing?