preparing media for that one stupid experiment

I guess this is a fly lab now 🪰

Happy mitochondria 🙂

When the upstairs neighbor makes you an offer you can’t refuse

never forget the scale bar! Tim Stearns when biology meets astronomy: cell vs nebula, centrosome vs dying star! Etienne KLEIN

Fluorescent proteins are the coolest 🌈

Friendly reminder that many scientists need 5-6 hrs of uninterrupted lab time to get their experiments done. Something to think about before scheduling that mid-day event. Attending a lunch time seminar means either losing the experiment day or staying till 7-8 pm.

I hope everyone is having a spooktacular Halloween weekend! Hog sends her regards 🎃 🦇 🔮 👻

For Ph.D. students, choosing a supportive mentor is 100 times more important than choosing a PI who is working in the top/famous institution. #hapyresearchers Academic Chatter™

Maybe this part of your life isn’t about finding someone. Maybe it’s not about finding your passion or purpose. Maybe it’s not about doing the next thing on your to do list. Maybe it’s about finding yourself, being yourself, and loving yourself.

New favorite Russian idiom: «держи хвост пистолетом» keep your tail up like a gun! Similar meaning to the English phrase “chin up!” 🐈‍⬛

Science Twitter plz help: do you say “transcardiac” or “transcardial” perfusion? I see both in the lit. Maybe this is a ligand/lie-gand (tomato/tomahto) thing 🫀

Nothing makes me more impatient than thawing drugs aliquoted in DMSO 😤

How to stop procrastinating finishing the last 5% of a manuscript that’s been mostly drafted since November 🤔

My phone just tried to autocorrect someone’s last name to “uL” which may be a sign that I can finally call myself a molecular biologist 🧪