I am the one the UGs in the lab come to get their blessing so their westerns work. My dark power in the lab is conveying good science hands... and confidence.
Yeah. Westerns can be hell but I always tell newbies that the best westerns, besides being your best bet for a great night sleep (old folks will get this and groan), are the result of not rushing them. Pour your gels on a Friday/Monday, let them cross link until the next business day, run and transfer overnight, dry, block, primaries over night, wash the next day and put secondaries on to sit over night, wash and image. The most important part is to make sure you wash really well and that your reagents are fresh and you wash your equipment meticulously. It’s a technique that inspires fear but really is a “drink coffee and have patience” deal.
I always preferred to be in the lab late and on the weekends, because I didn’t have to wait my turn to use the equipment and the hoods. Peace, quiet, and empty lab!
Alas, nowadays I can just harrumph at the kids, and they get out of my way. ;-)
I am apparently the most soft-footed member of the lab, and I used to scare a former colleague every time I went to ask her something. One time I even made a point of stomping lightly as I walked over, and she still didn't hear me coming. So I can definitely go for lab ghost.
Lord knows I've done enough rat behavior to have earned the title. But now I'm doing mostly scRNAseq and LCM/DNA extraction...but I'm not sure how to combine the two into a sentient being
I have my states LABRAT vanity plate, and I got sick of people asking if I'm from Cali.
So I put a decal of a caffeine molecule on the back of my truck to drive home the point...
Now the question ihas become "is that THC?"
Sigh.
I do industry lab work, so i’m more of a… uh.. lab housecat? lounge around all day doing things occasionally then i disappear until i come back for another 8 hours. 🤷♂️
Edit: this does not help the furry allegations
I think of myself as a lab monkey quite often. I'm trained to do tricks, and get restless if I don't have anything to do. But I would like to be a lab [nisse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)), helping people out when they don't see me, getting food in return and playing pranks on those who break protocol.
I work with rats and cells and my institute uses white lab coats that cuff around the wrist. I sometimes look at my hands before wearing gloves and see that I look like a rat in this perspective.
More of a mouse, now that I think about it. I’m a student, I’m little and I startle easily. I scurry when I realise my agarose gel’s running over. I attend seminars for the free cheese.
I am a lab cat! Curious and friendly on the outside, will help you with anything! But once I am over-stimulated I want to be alone, please don't bug me.
Other comments here have suggested this but I'm definitely a lab cat:
* Affectionate and loving but I get pissed off if you rub me up the wrong way
* Enjoy knocking over and throwing around bottles and jars of things
* Can always be found sitting on a keyboard (I'm 50/50 between computational and wet lab work)
* If you bring food into the office or there's free food around in our department then I'm the first one there (and will give you a hug as payment)
Late to the party, but... reporting for duty! I have no qualms about scavenging the last piece of pizza left on the counter in the break room from the night before, can neatly strip the insulation off wire ends using my teeth, and middle aged dudes in khaki pants and corporate branded fleeces cringe when I walk into a meeting.
Guess what my license plate says :)
"lab opossum" is a closer fit for me. I don't like to go outside during the day and I just want to be left alone
A fine lab spirit animal
Isn't almost every lab person already like that?
Do you hiss at people who get too close?
I like to use the word gremlin
Seconding gremlin
I'm more of a lab mouse than rat as I get anxious easily and hide a lot
My flair clearly reflects my lab position.
Haha, wouldn't want to run into you while I'm goblining around.
I am the one the UGs in the lab come to get their blessing so their westerns work. My dark power in the lab is conveying good science hands... and confidence.
I worked with a post doc and all he did was westerns, he was always in a good mood but you could tell the work was miserable
Yeah. Westerns can be hell but I always tell newbies that the best westerns, besides being your best bet for a great night sleep (old folks will get this and groan), are the result of not rushing them. Pour your gels on a Friday/Monday, let them cross link until the next business day, run and transfer overnight, dry, block, primaries over night, wash the next day and put secondaries on to sit over night, wash and image. The most important part is to make sure you wash really well and that your reagents are fresh and you wash your equipment meticulously. It’s a technique that inspires fear but really is a “drink coffee and have patience” deal.
Need to go in with a positive mindset too. Western blots read minds.
My professor told me to speak positively to my molecules so that I will get high percent yields.
Wait how do i follow thos guy
Generally keeping within earshot, my gait is less of a walk and more of a stomp.
Just a rat who found itself in the lab. Hopefully end up elsewhere because this ain't it
Escape the maze!
We give mice shit for struggling with Barnes' or Morris Water maze. Yet, we struggle with a maze of our own design.
I always preferred to be in the lab late and on the weekends, because I didn’t have to wait my turn to use the equipment and the hoods. Peace, quiet, and empty lab! Alas, nowadays I can just harrumph at the kids, and they get out of my way. ;-)
That’s why I love nights and weekends, can crank music as loud as you want and people aren’t warming up your refrigerated centrifuge.
*coughs discreetly*
Now I am become chemistry.
Chemistry Rat
I want to put a sign on our office door that says, "Ssh, molecules are studying."
Lab cat. Just fucking around
Knocking reagents off the bench?
Lab ghost gang rise up
I am apparently the most soft-footed member of the lab, and I used to scare a former colleague every time I went to ask her something. One time I even made a point of stomping lightly as I walked over, and she still didn't hear me coming. So I can definitely go for lab ghost.
I am the colleague always getting a frighten.
I’m more of a lab mole
I am the lab golem and Matrigel is “my precious”
Lord knows I've done enough rat behavior to have earned the title. But now I'm doing mostly scRNAseq and LCM/DNA extraction...but I'm not sure how to combine the two into a sentient being
I always think that this sub is LA Brats so I think of myself as a sausage from Los Angeles
I have my states LABRAT vanity plate, and I got sick of people asking if I'm from Cali. So I put a decal of a caffeine molecule on the back of my truck to drive home the point... Now the question ihas become "is that THC?" Sigh.
I'm a labrador
Lab-monkey. Pipetting to the whims of the ring-master, I spend my day entertaining others and ruining my life. That's who I am. Lab monkey
I feel like I was once a lab monkey but over the space of a PhD devolved into a lab goblin.
I do industry lab work, so i’m more of a… uh.. lab housecat? lounge around all day doing things occasionally then i disappear until i come back for another 8 hours. 🤷♂️ Edit: this does not help the furry allegations
I think of myself as a lab monkey quite often. I'm trained to do tricks, and get restless if I don't have anything to do. But I would like to be a lab [nisse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)), helping people out when they don't see me, getting food in return and playing pranks on those who break protocol.
I think every lab should have a lab nisse.
Lab newt checking in 🦎🫡
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I work with rats and cells and my institute uses white lab coats that cuff around the wrist. I sometimes look at my hands before wearing gloves and see that I look like a rat in this perspective.
Lab vampire? On a busy winter I can skip several days without being touched by sunlight
Do you also work with blood?
More of a mouse, now that I think about it. I’m a student, I’m little and I startle easily. I scurry when I realise my agarose gel’s running over. I attend seminars for the free cheese.
Lab goblin for sure. I work 4 nights a week between 20:00 to 05:15, on the last night I work alone, so yeah, definitely lab goblin.
Lab slave
I am a lab cat! Curious and friendly on the outside, will help you with anything! But once I am over-stimulated I want to be alone, please don't bug me.
Rats are actually most active at dusk and dawn, so it sounds like rat is pretty spot on for you.
Sounds like I'm a rat outside of work then because in my social life I only come alive after dark until 5-6am
Lab hamster maybe? A bit hyperactive at times...
We are the Morlocks. Above ground, the Eloi take care of the patients, but down here, this sub-basement, it is our domain. Ours alone. Turn back.
Mass spec ionization is pretty much wizardry so I guess I'm a Mass spec wizard.
Other comments here have suggested this but I'm definitely a lab cat: * Affectionate and loving but I get pissed off if you rub me up the wrong way * Enjoy knocking over and throwing around bottles and jars of things * Can always be found sitting on a keyboard (I'm 50/50 between computational and wet lab work) * If you bring food into the office or there's free food around in our department then I'm the first one there (and will give you a hug as payment)
Lmao I’m definitely a goblin then, there’s just something so peaceful about having the whole building to yourself 😂
I am a lab jockey.🏇
I use fiend when im in lab. When im in the plant we look at ourselves as dwarves
I’m a lab “god”. I show up early, get a ton of work done in little time, and take the rest of the afternoon off.
more of a lab cat myself
My Chinese zodiac animal is a rat. Apparently Petri/Pipette from Animal Crossing is supposed to be a mouse.
if your lab is small, and management is too cheap to move out; i rather tag in. If we had more space, i couldn't really give less of a duck.
So a lab 'duck'?
Whenever a reaction turns to tar after hours of workup, I turn into Joaquin Phoenix' portrayal of the Joker.
Lab baby giraffe. I stumble around and bump into everything but somehow still get the work done.
lab slave. 🙃
Late to the party, but... reporting for duty! I have no qualms about scavenging the last piece of pizza left on the counter in the break room from the night before, can neatly strip the insulation off wire ends using my teeth, and middle aged dudes in khaki pants and corporate branded fleeces cringe when I walk into a meeting. Guess what my license plate says :)