Last week, @PharmToTablePod dropped the 1st in a series of episodes dealing with nucleoside chemistry. In this three part series we will walk you thru different types of challenges with these molecules at different stages of drug discovery. #MerckChemistry podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pha… Given that we are dedicating 3 episodes on this topic, I thought it would be good to offer some baseline nucleoside basics for you in case you aren’t familiar with this topic, in this 🧵 I’ll call #Nuceloside101

Authored this thread in support of #YoungScientistNetworking, to let you know a little more about my training and career path. I’m writing in free form, stream of consciousness, so feel free to reach out with specific questions or missing links in the 🧵1/.. I grew up in a small border town in Ontario, Canada on the St-Lawrence river. I am the youngest of 5 kids. My 1st language is French. Didn’t speak English until around grade 2. As a child I was interested in how stuff worked and asked a lot of questions. 2/..

I am very disturbed and disappointed by Prof. Hudlickly's comments in this article in @angew_chem where he makes the case that “diversity of the workforce” has a ”negative impact” on the field of organic synthesis (see the ridiculous figure!) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… The insinuation he makes is that providing support of under-represented individuals and inclusion practices “results in discrimination against the most meritorious” individuals is ridiculous. This is completely preposterous! 2/x