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Tools, tricks and trade secrets: the challenges of disseminating methodology

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The broad range of techniques used in chemical biology presents many challenges in reporting, translating and implementing experimental knowledge. By taking advantage of some readily available solutions and instituting some new approaches, it should be possible to more effectively disseminate technological advances.

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Figure 1: A renewed focus on methodology.

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The author would like to thank M. Trani, V. Conticello and D. Lynn for helpful discussions and critical review of the manuscript.

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  1. Stefan Lutz is in the Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. sal2@emory.edu,

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Lutz, S. Tools, tricks and trade secrets: the challenges of disseminating methodology. Nat Chem Biol 3, 128–130 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0307-128

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