Hope you all are doing well. I cannot believe that summer is already beginning to wind down. You really start to notice it when we see darkness setting in earlier each day. It was always more evident when our kids were younger, as we started to get them ready to head back to school. For the past 23 years, late July through August has seen a slowdown in business as people head out on vacation. Several countries in Europe, for example, have several weeks off in the summer.

Hope you all are doing well. Science is a strange occupation. I know that some of you may be saying that you understand that, but it’s not what you are thinking. Many people learn a certain set of skills and they will apply those skills on a daily basis. There are definitely exceptions to this rule in that a person might need to lean into some historical knowledge to solve a problem. A car mechanic comes to mind. For example, we are constantly driving our mechanic Bob c

There are many things I have written about over the past several years since I began writing a blog about BioSurfaces. I started this journey to give you a sneak peek into what it takes to run a small company, often sharing personal insights about around the struggles we face each and every day. Even with many challenges, one area that Tina and I have been truly blessed with over the past 23 years is to have met, worked with and broken bread with many great people who have