@hood32’s hood sash of productivity
question!
Is this a chemistry thing because the hood for the organic chemists looks like this, all covered in writing, while the molecular biology hoods are not.
I think a lot of the writing on organic chemistry hoods comes from the researcher trying to work out how their reactions are working (like writing out the mechanism and seeing exactly what could go wrong/what could go right), writing out structures as goals so you can easily visualize what you need to do to a molecule (oxidize here, add carbons here, etc.), or explaining to your advisor–when they come by and ask what you’re doing–exactly what’s reacting in your hood, or writing things out so they can help you troubleshoot. It’s also easier to write out organic molecules (most of the things we work with on a daily basis are small to medium sized) than biological structures lol. Organic chemistry is a super creative, dynamic process with many different routes and dead ends and writing things out can help streamline our thought processes.
It’s because of all the acetone in chemistry labs. You can write on anything in the lab. Just a squirt of acetone and two seconds later, it’s gone!
