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10-JUL-2005 Ioana

Serendipity rewards curiosity*

After all, if Fleming were like most people he would have just thrown away that moldy bacterial culture and we might still not have penicillin...

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ctfchallenge16-Jul-2005 17:31
This is beautifully imagined, arranged and shot! Hats off, Ioana!! Shu
Nugar16-Jul-2005 17:24
Bioquímico?? Miercoles! Quite a shock to know while I sit here listening to Venezuelan voice ensemble group Voz Veis.
Canon DSLR Challenge14-Jul-2005 20:52
You have captured the essence of the theme. A very novel entry.

andy
Guest 14-Jul-2005 18:30
Eureka, Ioana! :)
Being a biochemist myself, I appreciate to see in this challenge something related to what I studied in college.
Being a photography fan, I appreciate how you emphasized the lightning on the Petri dish and the mold, and the DOF of the pill's jar. Well done!
-Jose Pablo.
Guest 13-Jul-2005 17:15
LOL... You have a great sense of humor Ioana!! -Cat
ctfchallenge12-Jul-2005 04:31
Ioana, Without this kind of wondering where might we be? Clever shot. Yvonne
Guest 11-Jul-2005 17:30
Thanks for the comments guys! I never lost hope that being a geek will someday come in handy even outside of work...
See, Cat, unlike you, I don't throw away mold, I keep it in my fridge for a long, long time - you never know when you might want to use it for a challenge (this is my second time - maybe "mold" should have been my signature....).
Rod, that scribble on the bottom is the chemical structure of penicillin G, and yes, I had to look it up.
Guest 11-Jul-2005 16:44
I like it! What an "inventive" mind you have Ioana!! Darn! I threw away something like this growing in my fridge, just yeasterday :-) -Cat
Rod 11-Jul-2005 05:51
I had something that looked like what's in the dish on a cracker last night, but I passed on the ecstasy tab though:-)
Terrific shot for this challenge Ioana, what could have more need for curiosity than science? By the way the answer to the equation at the bottom is 43
....................I think