At “Proteomics: The Next Grand Biological Challenge” in Nashville, Tenn., attendees were encouraged to participate in an open-mike night. The highlight was a performance of the Proteome Blues, an ode to the industry in country music’s capital.
David Friedman, Vanderbilt
Phil Hieter, University of British Columbia
Eric Phizicky, University of Rochester
Mike Snyder, Yale
Want to go to a conference
I picked up the phone
Got me a ticket to Nashville
Learned ’bout the proteome
Got my oligo synthesizer
Ready to take on Hood
Got my ink-jet printer
— Now I’m feeling good
Chorus:
We got great ideas
Wanna spread the news
But we ain’t got no money
We got the proteome blues
Got all interacting partners
Got everything localized
Ready to go to Stockholm
And pick up my Nobel prize
Sent the paper to Nature
Sent back without review
Said our number of mass spectra
Was just way too few!