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May 18, 2006
Vial Number Thirty-Three
Posted by Derek
This morning I got the results in from the first experiments that I spoke about here. Most of them did nothing at all. Nothing in the blank controls, nothing in the experimental wells.
There were forty vials to examine, and there was nothing to report for quite a while. But vial number 33, that one appears to have worked. If the reading from it is accurate. I can hardly believe what I'm seeing,
But einmal ist keinmal, especially where wonderful results are concerned. I'm coming in over the weekend to set more controls and repeats to have them done on Monday, which is the next chance I'll have to get anything analyzed. If I can make it happen again, I've just had the most interesting and important result of my entire scientific career.
And I just can't tell you how surprised I am at that possibility.
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1. Novice Chemist on May 18, 2006 7:59 PM writes...
Best of luck. .
Permalink to Comment2. Brooks Moses on May 18, 2006 8:14 PM writes...
Congratulations! May it be real, and repeatable!
Permalink to Comment3. heziris on May 18, 2006 8:38 PM writes...
whilst doing a final web search for anything that i may have missed for my extended essay on the potential of herbal remedies for depression, came across your blog via your post on castren's review in neuroscience.
this is a simply brilliant website! i do hope all works out well with the above experiment.
best wishes
Permalink to Comment4. POCl on May 18, 2006 10:13 PM writes...
Best wishes, Derek.
Permalink to Comment5. Dave on May 19, 2006 12:22 AM writes...
Derek, here's to the reproducibility of your result!
Congrats, and keep the faith!
Permalink to Comment6. Joseph on May 19, 2006 12:41 AM writes...
Wish you all the best. Am eager to see the future posts regarding the results.
Permalink to Comment7. austere on May 19, 2006 7:58 AM writes...
good luck.
Permalink to Comment8. Novice Chemist on May 19, 2006 9:20 AM writes...
Amen to the hopes for reproducibility, BTW.
Permalink to Comment9. Milo on May 19, 2006 10:06 AM writes...
Derek,
Great news. It is always good to get that one vial that behaves differently than all rest, that is where wonderful science can happen.
Best of luck.
Permalink to Comment10. Demosthenes by day on May 19, 2006 10:07 AM writes...
Nothing like heading into the weekend on the crest of a positive result.
Permalink to CommentI wish I had a positive result to head into my weekend. But as usual its another weekend of thinking how to fix this week's problems.
11. Mark Senak on May 19, 2006 11:29 AM writes...
Here's to Pete and RePete!
Permalink to Comment12. Mark on May 19, 2006 11:44 AM writes...
Seriuosly Derek,
The suspense is killing us!
Permalink to Comment13. Denni on May 19, 2006 12:11 PM writes...
Best of Luck!
This reminds me of 'fraction 17', on which about half my thesis was hanging ;)
It pretty much summarizes all that I love and loathe about science...
Permalink to Comment14. Abel Pharmboy on May 19, 2006 2:16 PM writes...
Over a dozen comments and no one has remarked on the coincidence of the number 33 and Rolling Rock beer?? I guess I've given away where I was an undergrad - if it truly pans out for you, Derek, I'll be sending you a case of Latrobe's finest!
Permalink to Comment15. srp on May 19, 2006 6:47 PM writes...
Best of luck on this. It's surprisingly exciting even vicariously, even not knowing what you're doing, and even probably not understanding it if you told me. I guess that's the true romance of science.
Permalink to Comment16. Erich Schwarz on May 19, 2006 9:15 PM writes...
Good grief!
Good luck!
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