tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post615939765496666244..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Monday's Molecule #35Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-55160151353908690972007-07-17T13:09:00.000-04:002007-07-17T13:09:00.000-04:00Oops, I almost forgot. You can only collect your f...Oops, I almost forgot. You can only collect your free lunch next week since I'll be in Ottawa this Thursday.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-79446420392376970972007-07-17T13:07:00.000-04:002007-07-17T13:07:00.000-04:00You win a free lunch. I'll even let you order an a...You win a free lunch. I'll even let you order an alcoholic beverage since you recognized the significance of the telegram. (No single malt scotches.)<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you missed <A HREF="http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/07/strange-molecule.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-25746744424713846342007-07-17T11:57:00.000-04:002007-07-17T11:57:00.000-04:00According to Wikipedia it is: 3,8-Diamino-5-ethyl-...According to Wikipedia it is: 3,8-Diamino-5-ethyl-6-phenylphenanthridinium, a well known intercalative dye that binds to nucleic acids. Commonly used as the bromide salt. When irradiated with ultraviolet light the bound dye fluoresces intensely in the reddish-orange wavelengths. Therefore my pick for the associated Nobel has to be: James D. Watson, Francis H. C. Crick, & Maurice H. F. Wilkins, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1962<BR/> <BR/>"for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material"<BR/> <BR/>N.B., regular readers of Sandwalk will realize that this was foreshadowed by Larry's telegram image from the Wellcome Trust (last week). Since I spent seven years working closely with Larry in graduate school (I was one of the four Ph.D. students he has mentored over the years) and subsequently co-taught a course with him, and co-authored a textbook, and we will soon be teaching another course and preparing a new version of our book together, perhaps I should disqualify myself from this weekly contest? On the other hand, it <I>is</I> a <B>FREE</B> lunch (and I can only claim one per month)!MDPerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10003795503460256627noreply@blogger.com