You know, I like to think of our laboratory as the brotherhood of a group of explorers, people who are certainly not interested in discovering new continents, but who like to wander in unexplored lands, describe them and leave the problems related to their colonization to others. It is this wandering that has kept me alive and (only internally!) young in recent years and your friendship has been invaluable in enjoying the new discoveries made together.

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献给 Pietro Traldi 的特刊：兼收并蓄的质谱仪肖像

你知道，我喜欢把我们的实验室想象成一群探险家的兄弟会，他们当然对发现新大陆不感兴趣，但喜欢在未开发的土地上徘徊，描述它们并将与他们殖民相关的问题留给其他的。正是这种流浪让我在最近几年保持活力和（仅在内心！）年轻，你们的友谊在享受共同发现的新发现方面是无价的。