2008/02/29

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C: Hop!
C: There, that was my interpretation of a transposon.
A: Hop!
A: Ta-daa!
C: Hey, how'd you do that?
A: Pft! Easy, I just imitated a retrotransposon!
A': But of course!

2008/02/14

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fr
NDLR: Arabidopsis thaliana, qu'est-ce que c'est?

en
"Dear E., I picked this bouquet of Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0) just for you! Happy Valentine's day! -C-"
E: I would have preferred some chocolates!

2008/02/09

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fr
F: Aaah! Ils ont enlevé G!

en
F: Aaah! They abducted G!

2008/02/08

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fr
F: C'est l'année du rat qui débute! Crois-tu qu'il y aura un répit dans les enlèvements cette année?
G: Il faut l'espérer!

en
F: It's the year of the rat! Do you think that there will be a stop to the alien abductions this year?
G: Let's hope so!

2008/02/04

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[My Troll-Trap, with a 'Spit-in-me' tube as bait.]
C: Hey A., I just saw the boss at your bench. Looks like he's using it for a quick experiment.

A: My bench ?!? Oh cr...
** clap **
!! Scream !!
C: Why's the boss yelling like that?
A: Uhm, I think he found my troll-trap...
F: ow! ow! ow!

2008/01/21

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en
B: Hi C, this is E, she's the new Ph.D. candidate starting in the lab this semester.
E: Hello!
C: Welcome!
E: Thanks!
B: ...and over here,...
B: ...we have the spectrophotometer...
B: blah... blah... blah...
C: { Hey, here's an idea! }
...
C: { Rhaaaaaa... Lovely... Better than x-ray glasses...}

2008/01/07

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Bonne Année 2008!


en
Happy New Year 2008!

(From the size of their tummies, they ate too much during the Holidays)

B: My resolution for this new year: Read at least one paper per day

C: ...Keeping my lab book up-to-date!
B: ...Publish more!
C: ...Clean my bench more often!
A: ...Catch that troll!

2007/12/22

wetbench_06 - la bioluminescence des rennes expliquée

Le transposon flyingbambi porte un cadre de lecture qui confère la bioluminescence aux rennes (1)
Elvin, A. H., Frost, Y. S. M., Le, Q. H. et Niklaus, S. C.
Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche Arctique, 1 route du traineau, Pôle Nord, QC H0H 0H0, Canada

Références:
(1) La mutation rdlph chez les rennes (revue de la littérature)

en
Flyingbambi transposable element carries an ORF which confers bioluminescence in reindeer
Elvin, A. H., Frost, Y. S. M., Le, Q. H. and Niklaus, S. C.
Department of Biology, Arctic Research Institute, 1 Sleighride Road, North Pole, QC H0H 0H0, Canada

2007/12/17

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Joyeuses fêtes à tous! Que les trolls de labo se tiennent loin de votre paillasse durant les festivités.

en
Season's greetings! May the lab trolls stay away from your bench during the holidays.

2007/12/13

wetbench_04 - transposons 101



Figure 1. Les transposons sont des séquences génétiques mobiles. A) Exemple d'un gène avant et après l'insertion d'un transposon. B) L'insertion d'un transposon peut modifier l'expression d'un gène. C) Les mutations délétères ont tendance à être éliminées. Ainsi, le bonheur est dans le transposon.

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Figure 1. Transposons are discrete mobile genetic elements. A) Example of a gene before (thisisagene) and after the insertion of a transposon (thisitransposonsagene). B) Insertion of a transposon can modify the expression of a gene. C) Deleterious mutations tend to get eliminated. Thus, happiness can be found through the study of transposable elements.