The laboratory journal.

Science is more than a body of knowledge: it's a way of thinking.

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When you have to abandon an old project in order to start the new one.

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Finally getting that after work beer.

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When you’ve carefully and lovingly designed a protocol, and it doesnt work and you don’t know why.

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When seeing that all your agar plates have been contaminated.

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When realising that a coworker has an excellent taste in music, and the laboratory becomes a private club.

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When realising that it's Saturday evening, again, and your party plans consist of monitoring your bacterial cultures.

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When you get unexpected praise from your favorite professor.

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"There's no way you'll have the time to do all those procedures tomorrow!"

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When you have exactly 90 seconds to get to the bathroom, pee, and get back to your samples.

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When your supervisor finally returns from vacation.

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When my name suddenly disappeared from the faculty email list.

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The feeling when finally reaching the end of a long and hard week of lab work.

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When the fresh-out-of-highschool students arrive.

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When The Boss needs my help.

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Being applauded after the half-time seminar.

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When placing your incubation times in staggered perfection.