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[cancerbiophd]

some spoopy lab things

in honor of the month of halloween

p=0.06

no more reagent left the day of your experiment

liquid nitrogen tank running out liquid nitrogen

sudden loud noise coming from centrifuge

large error bars

any clear solution looking cloudy

n=2

reviewer comments

an audience question that’s more of a 5 min statement

writing grants

paywalls

spills

leaks

being off by one 0

HeLa cell or mycoplasma contamination

transferring a western blot the opposite way oops

titrations

the job market

[quixoticandabsurd]

I would like to add strange noises in the autoclave as well

Autoclaves are spoopy af

[cancerbiophd]

oh my GOD i hate autoclaves. i’m convinced every single one of them is haunted. don’t care if it’s brand new and was made today. still haunted. 

[talesofthesadgradstudent-deacti]

I would like to add:

-nitrogen tank dewer depressurizing

-Aspergillus niger contamination….everywhere

-glass shattering

-putting round bottom flasks on a rotovap and hoping they don’t implode

[existentialterror]

T1 is a phage (bacteria-virus) that isn’t destroyed by drying and is fucking tenacious. If it gets in your lab, it will hang around in your dishes, equipment, walls, ventilation shafts, fume hood, etc. It’s not dangerous to humans, but it will ruin all of your E. coli plates for months or years. Most bacteriologists don’t want phage worked with in their labs, ever, because they’re scared of things like T1. (Practically no one works with it for this reason.) If it contaminates your lab, you have to clean out every surface with bleach, formaldehyde gas, etc. While cleaning out the decades-old freezers in the lab basement, we found a tiny eppendorf tube, entombed in parafilm, inside a sealed plastic bag, inside a falcon tube, which was sealed with parafilm. This falcon tube was labeled in block letters “T1: DO NOT OPEN.”

We threw it into the fires of the autoclave without messing with it. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen.

[ichoseperdition]

[writing-prompt-s]

“In a game with no consequences, why are you still playing the ‘Good’ side?”

[speedbeemoved-deactivated202007]

Because being mean makes me feel bad.

[toasterlock]

i like when npc’s are friendly back when i am nice to them

[babyyodaenthusiast]

That one fic that’s so out of character that it makes you hate your favorite character

[lemonsharks]

bonus round the entire rest of the fandom loves it

[kiezh]

then it creates persistent and widespread fanon that influences how the whole fandom sees the character, in direct contradiction of both canon and your preferred interpretation!

[waspgrave]

the trespasser dlc happens and solas tells the inquisitor who he is the inquisitor sits down, eyes wide and whispers, ‘so YOU were the dog companion……’

[dgcatanisiri]

Reblog if you are both nervous as fuck about Mass Effect Andromeda and hype as fuck about Mass Effect Andromeda.

[spaceexp]

FULL ANIMATION: Heliocentrism vs Geocentrism

via reddit

[geeky-jez-deactivated20231025]

[hexmaniacmareen]

alright but why use alpha and omega or nobles and peasants when you can just

do straight up classes

“YOU’RE NOT DATING A ROGUE! THIS IS A FAMILY OF TANKS AND HEALERS ONLY!”

“I’m sorry ma’am but it seems your baby is a… hunter”

“how could this happen i did everything right”

“are you sure your husband isnt…. dual classing behind your back?”

*sobbing*

“YOU’RE A WIZARD YOU CAN’T DATE A BARBARIAN THATS JUST UNNATURAL! THINK ABOUT YOUR STAT DISTRIBUTION!”

[hexmaniacmareen]

“look you’re my friend and i cant just sit around and see you mingle with a… subclass”

“the holy codex says clerics and paladins not clerics and necromancers, jeffrey.”

“he’s a third edition druid his buffs last for like 10 minute cindy, its not worth it”

[mass-effect-anonymous]

Confession:  I’m kinda sad after the latest trailer. I know I haven’t met the characters yet but judging only by looks none of them interest me. Romance-wise, none shown so far sparks even a tiny little bit of interest in me. Unlike ME1 where I clicked with everyone right away, wanted to be friends with them and felt like I belonged, in Andromeda I feel like I’m just gonna feel lonely all game, not really bonding or having anything in common with anyone (Liam maybe). I hope these aren’t the only characters.

[kerriknorr]

I am just hoping someone will gel with me once in game.  And the devs don’t pull mean tricks like they did with Fenris and Sebastian.

[stormcallart]

I screamed! Dialouge galore and huge maps to explore.

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

*scared noise because Inquisition had a bit of a problem of being TOO BIG sometimes*

[remournia]

[inthroughthesunroof]

@why-animals-do-the-thing cuteness!

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This is really cute! And what I love about it is that it’s also a great example of a small animal initiating petting. The bird recognizes that hand shape as an offer of contact and moves over totally voluntarily, which to me makes this extra special. 

[inquizies]

have you guys noticed that cassandra has hearts on her armor?! look at the pauldrons !

[kerriknorr]

Do you recall the costume resources that Bioware put out for a couple characters before DAI came out? The one for Cassandra had those little cut-outs and I think that’s the point where I fell in love.

[tastefullyoffensive]

(via xamvet)

[fictionalpsychology-blog1]

[just-shower-thoughts]

Finding health and ammo in a video game makes me feel relieved. Finding LOTS of health and ammo in a video game makes me feel extremely anxious.

[obijuankenobiismyonlyho]

unpopular opinion but like a lot of self-identifying hetaces are probably closeted due to internalized homophobia/biphobia so shitting all over them as a whole isn’t that edgy or progressive

[the2amrevolution]

This is something I had to really think about for a while. Like, my feelings towards people are very similar regardless of gender. Since admiration, aesthetic attraction, and platonic attraction can also be the sort of things that tend to go along with romantic or sexual feelings and because I have sexual and romantic feelings so rarely (and for a long time I didn’t know what being ace was and only had allo friends) when people would describe their feelings towards other people it was either “that sounds fake, but okay” or “I’m pretty sure I’m hetero but that feeling could apply to anyone so maybe not?” But once I learned more about different types of attraction and aceness I was able to sort out things basically. Part of the figuring out my flavor of ace was checking with myself for “Am I analyzing this the way I am because of some sort of internalized prejudice or fear or am I analyzing these feelings genuinely?” But the thing was, I never had and don’t have the sort of “I want to touch that body” feelings about any women that I occasionally do towards men. I never have the sort of “I want to cuddle up with this person and have soft fluffy feelings and pursue an intimate emotional partnership with this person” feelings that I occasionally do with men. I have “I admire this person and want to support them” feelings, “I love the was this person looks and acts and their style” feelings, and “I want to be like this person” feelings of platonic and aesthetic attractions regardless of gender.

So basically, you definitely have a point. There could easily be grey, bi/pan aces who self identify as hetace because their feelings are the same regardless of gender but maybe the rare feelings are more common with one gender over others and there’s the internalized voice of homophobia/biphobia saying “you’re already ace so if your “weird/fakeness/attention seeking” is limited to that and not being gay/bi then that’s better” keeping them from accurately and genuinely examining their feelings.

Plus sexuality and gender can be fluid things and labels are most helpful when an individual gives them to themselves and is open to change them given new information. If I were to experience romantic or sexual attraction to someone other than a man, I’d reevaluate and may change how I identify myself, or I may not if I don’t feel if it was of enough significance.

But it’s not anyone else’s place to decide how I or anyone else identifies or if I or anyone else “qualifies” for an identity, and policing people’s identities like that could absolutely confuse and scare other people away from wanting to think deeply about their sexuality or gender or be willing to talk about it and ask other people questions.

[obijuankenobiismyonlyho]

I don’t have much to add on to this other than it’s valuable insight