wetbench_16 - Retour à la réalité

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On sait très bien qu'on fait de la recherche fondamentale essentiellement pour la gloire de la Science (et parce que c'est l'fun). Mais parfois, la dure réalité me rattrappe...

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C: What's wrong A.? You look pretty bummed!
A: I just calculated how much I get paid by the hour...

B: Good morning guys! Why so gloomy?

Research is fun, and that's essentially why I do it. Well, I also do it for the glory of Science, but I'm still waiting for that Nobel prize... Ha-ha! But just so that I don't get too wrapped up in my projects, I get a reality check from life once in a while (actually, from my pay-check every month).

wetbench_15 - Troll d'avril

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Troll d'avril! Ceci devrait être moins dangereux que de faire des blagues avec de la carbo-glace dans des tubes eppendorfs...

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April Fool's Day! This should be safer than pranks with dry ice in eppendorf tubes...

wetbench_14

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C: Hey A.! How come you're so sketchy?
A: You're not better off C. ... I think that H. is really busy these days!

wetbench_13

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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!

wetbench_12

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

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"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!

wetbench_11

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F: Aaah! Ils ont enlevé G!

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F: Aaah! They abducted G!

wetbench_10

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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!

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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!

wetbench_09

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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!

wetbench_08

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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...}

wetbench_07

Bonne Année 2008!

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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!