Bildequiz 2

Hvor chiller T4 i dag?

Bildequiz

Disse tre flaskene med vekstmedie (M9) var alle lysegule før autoklavering. Det er kun konsentrasjonen til ett stoff som skiller dem. Hvilket stoff er dette?

Giant microbes

Enhver molekylærbiolog med respekt for seg selv har en gigantisk mikrobe i huset. Alle kan beskues her, og den typiske mikroben er rundt 12 cm bred. Men dersom man virkelig har respekt for seg selv, går man for en GIGANTIC microbe på ca 50 cm. Jeg har gjort mitt beste for å få tak i en slik, men det er virkelig ikke lett, siden Norge tydeligvis er enda mer i gokk for amerikanere enn Bouvetøya er for oss nordmenn. Eneste løsning er da ebay, og jeg håper det går knirkefritt så Escherich kan få hedersplassen i leiligheten.

EHS

Yesterday, I was a fly on the wall at a debate on electromagnetic hypersensitivity at the University. We don't laugh at your sufferings, just your stupid outfits.

Drosophila wins the Nobel prize in medicine

Professor in genetics during a lecture on model organisms: " ...and drosophila won the nobel prize in medicine.."

And I lost my consentration...

Me like 237

It all started with me wanting to remember a completely useless detail (after a long day of trying to remember useful details). In chapter 1 of the book in front of me I found that the diameter of the most common type of DNA is 2,37 nm. This seemed like a useless enough detail. It soon developed into my favorite number, and I see it everywhere:










It's a nice example of how you can take whatever number you like, memorize it, and it will seem to pop up more often than other numbers of the same length. Without it being magical. My pattern seeking human mind now keeps noticing whenever 237 crops up. I thought I was alone, but apparently I'm not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9bt6V6v-JY

FlyBook

Every Fly Lab should be equipped with at least 40 of these.