Archive for '.work.' Category
.there, there, my little triple quad.
29 August 2008it’s a unique relationship a chemist must have with his instrumentation. instruments are the product of amazing feats of scientific genius, but coupled with temperaments that are finicky and sensitive. as the saying goes, if you treat them right, they’ll treat me right. i have a true blessing in that i have some pretty nifty (and very […]
.chemistry on the beach.
23 July 2008i’ve been in st. pete beach for a few days talking all about chemical food contamination. i like the change of scenery…much different from running a lab every day. in particular, this conference is always fun because it’s on the beach, and there’s always plenty to do. no doubt, there’s still a lot of work and […]
.end of the week.
26 April 2008man, i’m glad the week’s over. this has been one busy week…from an indian garba and wedding last weekend to live oak to atlanta to my brother’s house to a board meeting for chemistry stuff to my parents’ house to vendor workshops to wonderful chemistry seminars to networking to my sister’s house to gainesville to […]
.pumpkin burger.
26 October 2007so, at work we had a pumpkin carving contest. i don’t really have a creative bone in my body, so this was the most creative thing i’ve done in a really long time.
.back to blogging.
15 August 2007ok. so it’s been four months since i’ve posted anything. i guess i need to make a better habit of it. at least i can say i’ve been pretty busy. we have had, as typical for summers, quite an eventful summer. first of all, we are preparing for the arrival of our first son! this […]
.free publicity.
12 April 2007today at work we had an editor for a magazine come to our company and talk to employees and take a bunch of pictures. since we’ve been in the business for forty years now, we have earned a strong reputation among professionals in the food industry. since we’ll be on the cover and are the feature […]
.int’l poultry expo.
26 January 2007i’ve been in atlanta all week attending the int’l poultry expo. this conference has been much different from most i’ve attended. usually, i attend for further intellectual development in the field of chemistry. this time, however, it was purely to meet current customers and try to get as much business as possible from others that were […]
.antibiotics.
19 October 2006at work i’m developing a method for the detection of specific antibiotics that may be present in food products, mostly seafood. the drug inhibits the dna gyrase within the bacterial cell, so that any present bacteria would be unable to replicate. i like the research, and thankfully God knows all the answers and the tricks […]