lab life

I studied chemistry for my undergraduate degree, and for our first- and second year labs we had to all have our own lab coat. They were of the kind of …

I noticed some images of old lab equipment in the easternblot Flickr pool recently. I thought it would be fun to show these as a group, and then show a …

After 6.5 years in Canadaland, I forgot that I learned some new words while here. Not many – about 2 per year – and most of them Canadian or otherwise …

This post about the use of animal products or sacrificing animals in research first appeared on Expression Patterns, my Nature Network blog, and was featured in The Open Laboratory 2009, …

I hadn’t heard of Remembrance Day before I came to Canada. That confused people: “Didn’t we liberate you guys?” Well, yes, on May 5th, 1945, don’t you remember? Holland celebrates …

It’s my last Saturday at the lab. For years the lab has dominated my entire life. I moved continents to do PhD research. I had to make new friends in …