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I posted this today in a different thread, but it might get more interested viewers here.
A note on palytoxin, a professor I tangentially knew in graduate school recently died (Yoshito Kishi; Jan 9 2023). His lab of students and post docs was the first to fully synthesize palytoxin, which was a monumental chemical feat at the time, taking many people many years, and was thought impossible by many others.
I did not join his research group for a variety of reasons, but at the annual meeting where he presented to new students what they might work on, he mentioned that some students had to be sent to Hawaii to collect zooanthid samples to extract some true examples of palytoxin for comparison.
He stated that he actually had a hard time convincing students to go. I assumed it was not sarcasm, and decided his lab was not for me. lol
This is the structure,a nd the article below has more on the chemistry of palytoxin:
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A note on palytoxin, a professor I tangentially knew in graduate school recently died (Yoshito Kishi; Jan 9 2023). His lab of students and post docs was the first to fully synthesize palytoxin, which was a monumental chemical feat at the time, taking many people many years, and was thought impossible by many others.
I did not join his research group for a variety of reasons, but at the annual meeting where he presented to new students what they might work on, he mentioned that some students had to be sent to Hawaii to collect zooanthid samples to extract some true examples of palytoxin for comparison.
He stated that he actually had a hard time convincing students to go. I assumed it was not sarcasm, and decided his lab was not for me. lol
This is the structure,a nd the article below has more on the chemistry of palytoxin:
View attachment 3005641