Tuesday, December 22, 2015




  1. Always the right time to do the right thing.

  2. Glad that there were enough people with metaphorical balls.

  3. Perhaps every other AAAS Fellow who has ever had someone working in their lab without proper PPE, training, and supervision should be removed as well. Oh right, there probably wouldn't be any Fellows with wet labs left.

    The only thing the separates most other PIs from Harran is dumb luck.

    1. That's one way life - and learning from mistakes - works.

  4. It's a good decision and the right thing to do. I would be the last person to be part of an Internet group trying to dole out mob justice, but there's a time and place for everything and this just seemed wrong on both counts.

  5. I'm one of the individuals who sent emails to members of the AAAS Chemistry section. I did receive replies from about half of them, and got one reply within an hour. So, I think it is helpful for people to express their opinions this way.
    I'm gratified that AAAS is taking another look at this incident, and will be changing the way they evaluate nominations. It also appears from the C & E News Safety Zone blog that ACS is changing its award criteria, to take serious safety incidents into account.
    Speaking out publicly does make a difference.