Molecule of the Month

[peter Murray-rust]

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995, Paul May wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I liked the your MOTM, Henry. I haven't got round to doing my own, yet, but
> will do it over Xmas.  If we can generate some interest in this as an idea,
> I might try and set up an archive web page which points to all the MOTMs
> that will hopefully be made over the next year.  At the start of each month
> I'll add the new MOTM (created by one of the Chemistry webmasters out there) 
> to the top of the list.   
> 
> What's the general feeling on this as a concept?  Would people
> be willing to create a new MOTM page, say, once a year? If the only people
> willing to have a go are me and Henry, the idea won't fly, but if a few
> more seem enthusiastic it could become quite a nice (fun) resource...
> 
I floated this idea on our PPS course at Birkbeck.  We got as far as 
getting  Nature to allow us to use a gif of one molecule.  The idea was 
that students would as part of the course contribute protein molecules 
they found interesting.  

I hope the idea will flourish, but it needs nurturing.  Regard ideas as 
seeds.  Some grow, others don't and you can't tell till you've tried.  It 
always helps if you show 'proof of concept'.  

What addtional info is there with the molecule?  Connection table, phys 
data, reactions, etc.  Perhaps you should aim to show the diversity of 
chemistry as well as the topicality.  For example - what (other than H2O) is 
the 'commonest molecule?', the cheapest? 

IF you get it going, then people will gather round the successful idea.

	P.



Peter Murray-Rust, Glaxo Research & Dev. (pmr1716 at ggr.co.uk); (BioMOO: PeterMR)
Birkbeck College, ubcg09q at cryst.bbk.ac.uk, CBMT/Daresbury mbglx at seqnet.dl.ac.uk
http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/PPS/index.html, http://www.dl.ac.uk/CBMT/HOME.html


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