Re:Room temperature quantum transfer in biological systems
by dekhn on Friday August 28, 2015 @12:12PM
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People need to back up their speculations with evidence.
Also, did you push back against the committee member? Show data? At least create a plausible doubt in their mind?
The reason enzyme mechanisms are so hard to study is that getting proteins into a state where you can capture data from that femtosecond where the reaction occurs is hard. Recent improvements in free electron lasers for fourth generation synchrotrons will greatly improve this.
Also, did you push back against the committee member? Show data? At least create a plausible doubt in their mind?
The reason enzyme mechanisms are so hard to study is that getting proteins into a state where you can capture data from that femtosecond where the reaction occurs is hard. Recent improvements in free electron lasers for fourth generation synchrotrons will greatly improve this.