I think you are missing the point entirely here. As one of those "PhDs toiling in a university lab" as the AP article calls us, your response reads like you are asking for a formal grant proposal. While I just stumbled on this, I doubt such formal methodology has been laid out, and had this been proposed professionally I'd be aghast, but in this case, it's the JOURNEY that matters! Will the goal be achieved? Will the results hold up to our rigorous peer review process? Who cares! It's going to be adventure regardless. And that's the point.
Just reading the article and this blog certainly has given me new appreciation for basics like electrophoresis. I know I just grab my favorite rig out of my pile of assorted sizes and types, pour my gel, and hook up a nice regulated power supply without ever giving a second thought to how they were built and designed.
maradydd - keep up the great work. By its very nature, real science tends to attract both hecklers and legitimate concerned persons who worry about safety, animal rights, religion, politics, methodology, etc. Welcome to the club. You've done an excellent job not only on the science itself, but of professionally and rationally addressing public concern. I will try to make mention of your project as a way to help motivate my undergraduate students in my next course.
PS - I am and have been a regular IDT customer for many years.
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I think you are missing the point entirely here. As one of those "PhDs toiling in a university lab" as the AP article calls us, your response reads like you are asking for a formal grant proposal. While I just stumbled on this, I doubt such formal methodology has been laid out, and had this been proposed professionally I'd be aghast, but in this case, it's the JOURNEY that matters! Will the goal be achieved? Will the results hold up to our rigorous peer review process? Who cares! It's going to be adventure regardless. And that's the point.
Just reading the article and this blog certainly has given me new appreciation for basics like electrophoresis. I know I just grab my favorite rig out of my pile of assorted sizes and types, pour my gel, and hook up a nice regulated power supply without ever giving a second thought to how they were built and designed.
maradydd - keep up the great work. By its very nature, real science tends to attract both hecklers and legitimate concerned persons who worry about safety, animal rights, religion, politics, methodology, etc. Welcome to the club. You've done an excellent job not only on the science itself, but of professionally and rationally addressing public concern. I will try to make mention of your project as a way to help motivate my undergraduate students in my next course.
PS - I am and have been a regular IDT customer for many years.