Monday Monday: In which our heroine returns to the thorny problem of adhesion-free cloning

As I spent most of last week trying various strategies to assess the adhesion-free growth capabilities of my cell lines with middling success, it is time for Plan B. Back to dynamic viscosity pondering, Batman!

( SCIENCE )

Anyway enough of that. I am trying not to procrastinate again, but as usual I have no interest in whether there are stem cells in my lines or not, and the things I am interested in doing are of no interest to anyone else. Also, I had lime and coriander microwave rice with sweetcorn and crunchy peanut butter for breakfast. I think I need more sleep.

Monday Monday: In which our heroine returns to the thorny problem of adhesion-free cloning

As I spent most of last week trying various strategies to assess the adhesion-free growth capabilities of my cell lines with middling success, it is time for Plan B. Back to dynamic viscosity pondering, Batman!

( SCIENCE )

Anyway enough of that. I am trying not to procrastinate again, but as usual I have no interest in whether there are stem cells in my lines or not, and the things I am interested in doing are of no interest to anyone else. Also, I had lime and coriander microwave rice with sweetcorn and crunchy peanut butter for breakfast. I think I need more sleep.

Ah it's that time of year again...

...yep, the IgNobel Prize Giving Ceremony

My favorites:

ECONOMICS

G Miller, J Tybur and B Jordan (University of New Mexico), for discovering that a professional lap dancer's ovulatory cycle affects her tip earnings.
"Ovulatory Cycle Effects on Tip Earnings by Lap Dancers: Economic Evidence for Human Estrus?" Geoffrey Miller, Joshua M. Tybur, Brent D. Jordan, Evolution and Human Behavior (2007) 28: 375-81.

CHEMISTRY
SA Umpierre (University of Puerto Rico), JA Hill (Fertility Centers of New England), DJ Anderson (Boston University School of Medicine), for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide:
...and to CY Hong (Taipei Medical University), C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang (all of Taiwan) for discovering that it is not.

"Effect of 'Coke' on Sperm Motility," SA Umpierre, JA Hill, and DJ Anderson, New England Journal of Medicine (1985) 313: 1351.
"The Spermicidal Potency of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola," C.Y. Hong, C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang, Human Toxicology (1987) 6: 395-6.

Ah it's that time of year again...

...yep, the IgNobel Prize Giving Ceremony

My favorites:

ECONOMICS

G Miller, J Tybur and B Jordan (University of New Mexico), for discovering that a professional lap dancer's ovulatory cycle affects her tip earnings.
"Ovulatory Cycle Effects on Tip Earnings by Lap Dancers: Economic Evidence for Human Estrus?" Geoffrey Miller, Joshua M. Tybur, Brent D. Jordan, Evolution and Human Behavior (2007) 28: 375-81.

CHEMISTRY
SA Umpierre (University of Puerto Rico), JA Hill (Fertility Centers of New England), DJ Anderson (Boston University School of Medicine), for discovering that Coca-Cola is an effective spermicide:
...and to CY Hong (Taipei Medical University), C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang (all of Taiwan) for discovering that it is not.

"Effect of 'Coke' on Sperm Motility," SA Umpierre, JA Hill, and DJ Anderson, New England Journal of Medicine (1985) 313: 1351.
"The Spermicidal Potency of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola," C.Y. Hong, C.C. Shieh, P. Wu, and B.N. Chiang, Human Toxicology (1987) 6: 395-6.