What’s your multi? farious Local? the charm city
Where were you born? the good side of DC
Where should you have been born? no other iterations are possible
Which COLLECTIVE contributor are you afraid of? dylan thomas Like? dylan thomas
Dirtiest job? peddling literary smut at your favorite big box bookstore. castrating dead mice.
Define choady font? your handwriting in fifth grade, complete with a full complement of hearts-as-i-dots
What are you wearing? silver nailpolish, gold watch. moccasins.
Reading? Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA; Right Ho, Jeeves
Eating? forty spice hummus and Gala apples. coffee.
Color penchant? mustard, avocado, and other food-related tones that you thought had been left in the seventies. white.
Most failed ideas stem from an unwillingness/inability to examine your assumptions
Software vices would probably not be good for holding things in place
Most likely to play you in ANTM? Heather
Spice Girl of choice? Ginger
Spice? salt
What did the most beautiful space you’ve ever been in smell like? cold, cold water
Sound? pages turning
Feel like to the skin? home
Worst client? like people, proteins vary in sociability and interest
Are you a visionary, shape shifter, haphazard, doer, scavenger, or thief? all or nothing
And either way you look at it, I think it has to be grey
Kate Laws
1216 St. Paul St., Apt #1R
Baltimore, MD 21202
7 comments:
YES. Thanks for participating laws. Castrating dead mice! oh
"like people, proteins vary in sociability and interest"
Can you explain this? This is where this blog becomes very useful.
Sure, sure. As far as "sociability" is concerned, different proteins have different affinities for the things that they bind. In fact, it's common to call a protein that binds a lot of different things (we call them "ligands", but why get technical?) "promiscuous". Love it.
A lot of the time, proteins have long names (for instance, I am studying one now called the catalytic domain of the chymotrypsin like serine antigen). When giving a talk, many scientists will substitute "protein of interest" for this name. It makes it less awkward, especially when you can't actually say that name, even if the protein itself turns out to not be interesting at all.
I biologist in Nicks just explained protein responses to me. I got it at the time, but now I forget the terms. Any books? I mean I know proteins have a huge range, but just in case there's a book that comes to mind.
everyone knows it should be grey. with an e.
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As far as books for non-scientists about proteins, I'm going to have to do some digging. There is a fabulous book that deals with the advent of molecular biology called The Eighth Day of Creation, but it is quite long and only gets to proteins at the end (this makes sense in the biological scheme of things).
Let me get back to you.
i can assure you, there is much to fear.
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