[qw098]

ask someone who knows how to use the machine to run it for you, not some pencil pushing Prof.

What is a "pencil pushing Prof"?

[discodermolide]

ask someone who knows how to use the machine to run it for you, not some pencil pushing Prof.

What is a "pencil pushing Prof"?

See above, his Professor ran the NMR spectrum, someone who probably has not had hands on probably for quite a while. Profs. write grant applications interspersed with occasional papers, they push pencils. Ever seen a Prof. in the lab experimenting?

[Arctic-Nation]

See above, his Professor ran the NMR spectrum, someone who probably has not had hands on probably for quite a while. Profs. write grant applications interspersed with occasional papers, they push pencils. Ever seen a Prof. in the lab experimenting?

My promotor did, occasionally (I still see him, wearing neither lab coat nor gloves, pouring MeI into a reaction mixture directly from the bottle, then turning towards me and saying, "that should be enough," then adding some more for good measure). He was a bit special. And I always had things to do somewhere else when he was doing his synthesis.

Orgopete: I'm not doing this enough anymore...