September 2012
1 post
When your hard drive crashes
..then remember you have your data and thesis backed up on an external hard drive…
…but not your GIFs for your tumblr
August 2012
13 posts
When the undergrad's first experiment fails
When leaving the animal facility
When you're working on your thesis corrections...
When a labmate comes around to take your picture...
When an undergrad complains about how long you...
When an undergrad says something dumb in lab...
When you're trying to sleep the night before your...
When you first learn how to isolate primary cells...
When you are heading into your post-defense...
When another professor questions your work but...
When you do a Western transfer for the first time
When your friends leave angry comments on your...
When you're looking over the comments your PI...
July 2012
27 posts
When you will be away for a few days and unable to...
When someone mistakes you for a lab tech
When you see how much you have to pay in student...
When prospective students come to visit
When you walk into lab meeting and a professor is...
When you get conditions after your prelim
When you send your advisor your thesis and three...
When everyone asks you what you're going to do...
When you send the first draft of your thesis to...
When somone pronounces apoptosis a-pa-tosis
When all of the references suddenly disappear from...
When you first use EndNote
When you open the incubator and see someones flask...
When your PI is also the chair of the department
When one of your friends calls your figure a...
When your lab bestie is away and you come in on...
When youre with your lab bestie and one of the...
When you first get your image focused on the...
When people from the PT floor come down to use...
When you are trying to give your students a quiz...
When two experiments fail in the same day
When you discover your old mice can still mate and...
When you have been trying to get your pi to look...
When microsoft word tells you every scientific...
When the new undergrads get grilled in lab meeting...
When you're the only dude in the lab while the...
When you're in your 4th year and a 3rd year...
June 2012
42 posts
When someone is trying to draw their data on the...
When you get a text saying lab meeting is...
When you don't need to come in over the weekend
When someone comes back into the lab after...
When the seminar speaker didn't look over their...
When you think you may actually have a chance at...
When you see someone wearing their id badge...
When you explain what grad school is like to other...
When somone suggests a lab happy hour
