“A person is a person no matter how small” Dr. Seuss in Horton’s Hears a Who I am not sure how well distributed Dr. Seuss books are outside of North America. They were a staple of my childhood, and I made sure that they were… Read More »The Advantage of shorter Aptamers
This icon was on the cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which we introduced in the previous blog. “And it occurred to me there is no manual that deals with the real business of motorcycle maintenance, the most important aspect of all.… Read More »Commercializing Aptamers Part 5
The picture above is of Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This book had a profound impact on me. He articulates the thought that a high level of engagement is necessary for excellence, and that this is also the key… Read More »Aptamer commercialization IV
The painting above is an early Van Gogh from Paris. You can see the basis for the talent that was to follow but it is also easy to see why this painting did not sell. Commercializing a new product is implicitly a conflict between adding… Read More »Commercializing Aptamers III
One of my parents favourite movies was “Kind Hearts and Coronets” which describes the personal history of a nobleman who was I think 11th in line to a title. All of the characters shown in the poster were actually played by Alec Guinness. He successfully… Read More »Aptamer Commercialization II
Skoll is the name of the wolf, Who follows the shining priest, Into the desolate forest, And the other is Hati, Hróðvitnir’s son, Who chases the bright bride of the sky Snorri Sturluson’s Grímnismál I chose Norse mythology as a description of the cause of solar… Read More »Aptamer Chemistry Series IV: Fluorescence and Aptamers
Don Quixote spent four days coming up with a name for his horse, Rocinante, as the name had to befit a horse of such a great knight. The name Rocinante represents clever word play in Spanish, as “ante” means before, and “rocin” means a nag… Read More »Aptamer Chemistry Series III
At NeoVentures we are global leaders in the development and application of chemistries that enable aptamer performance in diagnostic devices. Usually I start my blogs with a cultural analogy, sorry to disappoint with the adapter image this time. The reason for the analogy is to… Read More »Aptamer Chemistry Series II : The Adapter
Bernard Trevisan ,an unfortunately fictional character, is attributed with spending his life in the scientific pursuit of the Philospher’s Stone, a substance that could transform a base metal into gold. Although Bernard was not ultimately successful, he represents all of those alchemists who built the… Read More »Aptamer Chemistry : The Philosopher’s Stone
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