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Derek Lowe is the Matt Levine of chemistry and drug development. https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline His "Things I Won

by nabla9 2y ago

Derek Lowe is the Matt Levine of chemistry and drug development. https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline His "Things I Won't Work With" series is legendary even in HN. Ann Lipton is the Matt Levine of business law. https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/author/alipton/ https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/author/alipton/

loeg 2y ago
See footnote 1. > While I enjoy Derek Lowe, the extent to which his posts are inside-baseball and do not repeat themes, or only repeat many years apart, emphasize the contrast with Levine.
- aftbit 2y ago
  I disagree with both points. I would say he is indeed a Matt Levine of his field. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the author's argument though. 1. His posts are inside-baseball - this is true for some posts, but many are written to be approachable to all audiences, especially during the coronavirus. This is similar for Matt Levine's posts, but as a finance nerd, not a drug discovery one, the author does not see this. 2. [His posts] do not repeat themes - he has many examples of repeated themes, including the whole science-over-money aspect of the Aducanumab saga, various times he has touched on "AI" drug discovery, and the whole Things I Won't Work With series.
mech422 2y ago
Gotta Love Derek... "Things I won't work with" actually got me to read some of his other stuff about how drug development and trials work.
hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
I just started watching some of his videos, but the 3Blue1Brown guy seems to fit in this bucket, and he's got a ton of HN fans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41818779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41818779
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
Does Lowe have a newsletter?
- _2d30 2y ago
  You can subscribe to his blog with RSS: https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline/feed https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline/feed
_bin_ 2y ago
One more for the pile: Mark Brown’s Industry News Update for alcoholic beverages. It’s a little less explain-everything-easily than Levine but it’s also a less jargon-deep area.
gradschoolfail 2y ago
If you dont find his humor grating (I do, but YMMV — its hard to hit the sweet spot as Mr. Levine does) Scott Aaronson might be the ML of quantum computing. (i also find the field slow, but i really think im the odd one out!)

by nabla9 2y ago

loeg 2y ago

See footnote 1. > While I enjoy Derek Lowe, the extent to which his posts are inside-baseball and do not repeat themes, or only repeat many years apart, emphasize the contrast with Levine.

aftbit 2y ago
I disagree with both points. I would say he is indeed a Matt Levine of his field. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the author's argument though. 1. His posts are inside-baseball - this is true for some posts, but many are written to be approachable to all audiences, especially during the coronavirus. This is similar for Matt Levine's posts, but as a finance nerd, not a drug discovery one, the author does not see this. 2. [His posts] do not repeat themes - he has many examples of repeated themes, including the whole science-over-money aspect of the Aducanumab saga, various times he has touched on "AI" drug discovery, and the whole Things I Won't Work With series.

mech422 2y ago

Gotta Love Derek... "Things I won't work with" actually got me to read some of his other stuff about how drug development and trials work.

hn_throwaway_99 2y ago

I just started watching some of his videos, but the 3Blue1Brown guy seems to fit in this bucket, and he's got a ton of HN fans: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41818779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41818779

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

Does Lowe have a newsletter?

_2d30 2y ago
You can subscribe to his blog with RSS: https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline/feed https://www.science.org/blogs/pipeline/feed

_bin_ 2y ago

One more for the pile: Mark Brown’s Industry News Update for alcoholic beverages. It’s a little less explain-everything-easily than Levine but it’s also a less jargon-deep area.

gradschoolfail 2y ago

If you dont find his humor grating (I do, but YMMV — its hard to hit the sweet spot as Mr. Levine does) Scott Aaronson might be the ML of quantum computing. (i also find the field slow, but i really think im the odd one out!)