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Third year graduate student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics.
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  • cancerbiophd

    we all have that person(s) in lab who continuously 

    • hoards pens and/or sharpies
    • hoards timers
    • only uses one color in a multi-color pack of centrifuge tubes
    • doesn’t notify anyone when a reagent is running low
    • and also doesn’t remake stock solutions
    • and/or always contaminates the stock solutions
    • is allergic to emptying filled waste bags/buckets?? like it’s overflowing buddy c’mon
    • doesn’t turn off the light bulbs of Very Expensive Microscopes when done
    • never puts away their dried equipment next to the sink
    • doesn’t toss out the ice in ice buckets when done and instead just has a lil aquarium on their lab bench 
    • leaves a trail of crumpled used paper towels everywhere like some lab-universe re-telling of hansel and gretel 
  • some spoopy lab things
  • cancerbiophd

    in honor of the month of halloween

    • p=0.06
    • no more reagent left the day of your experiment
    • liquid nitrogen tank running out liquid nitrogen
    • sudden loud noise coming from centrifuge
    • large error bars
    • any clear solution looking cloudy
    • n=2
    • reviewer comments
    • an audience question that’s more of a 5 min statement
    • writing grants
    • paywalls
    • spills
    • leaks
    • being off by one 0
    • HeLa cell or mycoplasma contamination
    • transferring a western blot the opposite way oops
    • titrations
    • the job market
  • cancerbiophd

    i maked something

  • madscientista

    That “nothing’s working at all” segment is brutal and also true

  • jacfruit-tree

    And I… will try… to fix you…

    Redoing some relevant old comics digitally!

  • roughwaterwriting

    HOP TO IT LADS. 

  • Should you get pregnant during lab - well, not *during* lab, that would be… excessive.
    Anatomy professor, explaining that some of the chemicals in lab may be dangerous if pregnant (via scienceprofessorquotes)
    *checks my email at the club*
  • amberdoe

    Newest Pin.

  • massivelymysticalsandwich

    100% agree

  • When an experiment works on the first try
  • howiseegradschool

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  • marielstudies

    NEVER EVER happens.

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