Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Research passion

Hey Scientists! (Don't) Get a Life!

Scott Kern at Johns Hopkins' Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center has observed that researchers — particularly cancer researchers at his institution — have apparently lost their passion for their work, and that patients are suffering as a result. His criticisms has raised the ire of many other bloggers , who have challenged his view. S. Pelech notes that the absence of trainees and established scientists during weekends and evenings in institutions does not mean that they are not still working. With the the advent of personal computers and the Internet, it is not necessary to come to work to read the literature, plan experiments and analyze the results. Read More...