Category Archives: molecular biology

Winner of the 2012 Lab Grammys

M. Grabiner, et al. 2011. Grad school, I love you (but you’re bringing me down): parody of “New York, I Love You (But You’re Bringing Me Down)” by LCD Soundsystem.

Are my primers forming dimers?

Ph.Diva and The Mystery Band

Not so smart.

Not so smart.

Can you figure out what I was trying to teach today? I don’t think Smartboards were made with molecular biologists in mind. At least we found a use for cursive writing?

Tip of the iceberg

My students should be glad I don’t require them to know ALL of the components of signaling pathways. And this is just one of many complex signaling pathways in a cell!

Molecular revolution

First generation PCR machine. Super happy that I didn’t start doing PCR every day until the 21st century. No more manual temperature cycling!