Lesbian.exe @clairemoncarter - Tumblr Blog

rainbowkarolina

FLORENCE PUGH behind the scenes of BLACK WIDOW

proudabbystan

neat-deadandlive-things

Well my week has been exciting so far.

neat-deadandlive-things

I had some other work to do this morning (Figuring out some algae stuff involving 1000 L mesocosm up a mountain) so mystery species has been sitting alone in the lab all morning…..

neat-deadandlive-things

Made it up to the lab today to find this. It’s probably from the fridge defrosting and not the creepy “algae”.

neat-deadandlive-things

June 13th Update.

According to a few colleagues it’s either a plant, an algae, or a fungi. So that’s been helpful.

After a day with some sunlight I think I might be seeing some chloroplasts.

It seems to like the nutrient solution I added yesterday though!

lynati

I for one welcome our new plant, algae, or fungi overlords.

derinthescarletpescatarian

I was about to say “in a sensible lab people wouldn’t waste time with this, they’d autoclave the bottles and move on” but on reflection I can’t think of a single bio lab I’ve been in that wouldn’t immediately go “ooh, mystery algae, that sounds like a fun challenge; let’s devote multiple hours to identifying it for no reason”.

kit6

I need updates tell me about the algae

neat-deadandlive-things

The mystery algae/plant/fungi/alien is stuck in the university growth chamber. With everything going on I probably won’t get to check in on it until September, possibly not until 2021.

howieduet

So by that time it will have developed what, writing?

neat-deadandlive-things

God I hope so, then I can train it to write my thesis!

alexaloraetheris

This entire post is the most on-brand biologist thing I have seen in my entire godforsaken life. The moment this pandemic is over these guys have another crisis ready for us.

lucky-182

Can we get an update cause this is crazy

neat-deadandlive-things

Update: Due to the global pandemic, the algae has been left alone in a weird hidden growth chamber for a year and will likely stay there for another year. Enjoy that information!