At the morning coffee break during the Isotopes in Biological and Chemical Sciences Gordon Conference in 1998, 80 percent of the participants did not return. It turns out they were filming a "Baywatch" episode across the street on the beach at Ventura.
- John S. Blanchard
Wolfgang Seifert, a very competitive guy, was challenged to hold one leg out while on his hands and knees to "show great strength." There he was for almost thirty minutes looking like a dog marking his territory... it was quite a start in science for a young graduate.
- Cindy Lee
The GRC on Polymer Colloids helped to bring together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from physics to medicine. This type of interaction helped to improve the mechanism of synthesis method (emulsion polymerization), advance theoretical physics, and also find new applications for polymer colloids.
- D. Sunil Jayasuriya
In the middle of the Cold War, the GRCs were truly international in flavor. I remember, long before Peristroika, having lively but friendly late evening conversations with some of our Russian colleagues over vodka and caviar on black rye bread.
- Gerald Peterson
I remember conference Chair Arthur "Buz" Brown using a loud gas powered horn to keep David Yue from going over time during the Cardiac Regulatory Mechanisms conference in the mid-1990s.
- Tony Creazzo
The field of molecular clusters was brought together in part by the Molecular and Ionic Clusters GRC established in 1990 with Will Castleman as chair. Its first meeting in Volterra, Italy was superb - complete with great memories of good science, Roman ruins, excellent food, and wonderful camaraderie.
- Timothy Zwier