we scientists are not a creative bunch
Aug. 8th, 2007 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asimplechordBut still! A little originality would be nice.
If I see one more newly sanctioned use of -ome, I'll scream.
Genome, proteome, proteasome, fine. Whatever.
Transcriptome? Meh.
Receptosome? *starts to frown*
Metallome? Oh, Tom O'Halloran, you get all theblame credit for that ridiculous thing.
NOBOnome? Lame.
And interactome? That is IT. NO MORE. I have decreed it. So must it be. In my little world, anyway.
And while we're at it? Ligand = noun. NOT A VERB. A small molecule doesn't ligand something; EDTA doesn't ligand a zinc or calcium ion. It ligates.
*twitch*
We now return to our regularly scheduled lab work.
If I see one more newly sanctioned use of -ome, I'll scream.
Genome, proteome, proteasome, fine. Whatever.
Transcriptome? Meh.
Receptosome? *starts to frown*
Metallome? Oh, Tom O'Halloran, you get all the
NOBOnome? Lame.
And interactome? That is IT. NO MORE. I have decreed it. So must it be. In my little world, anyway.
And while we're at it? Ligand = noun. NOT A VERB. A small molecule doesn't ligand something; EDTA doesn't ligand a zinc or calcium ion. It ligates.
*twitch*
We now return to our regularly scheduled lab work.
