Scientist Barbie.

"Scientist Barbie comes complete with a white lab coat, map of the human genome, pictures of fetal defects, and 2 books (Sigma catalogue, and How to lie with Statistics). HIV, Hepatitis, H Pylori, and pregnancy tests can be ordered from Sigma. Pull her chord to hear her say: 'Who cares if math is hard when you have a TI-85', and 'There's REALLY nothing dangerous about radioactive materials'. Scientist Barbie drives a classic 1979 'vette......chevette, that is, because everybody knows that academia doesn't pay. Microscope, transgenic mice, and dissecting scalpel needed to undercut fellow researchers and stab collaborators in the back sold separately. Small animal surgery kit includes coupon for Dominatrix Barbie accessories."

Er, not so much. I'm not sure Barbie could handle it. But Barbie does come in Slutty Nurse Barbie, 'coz you know, hot pink heels are my go-to shoes for work.

Watch your language!

I started reading some of the Nature news articles this morning and came across this:

"It's not easy making a human. Getting from a fertilized egg to a full-grown adult involves a near-miracle of orchestration, with replicating cells acquiring specialized functions in just the right places at the right times."

Let's stop calling scientific facts miracles, ok? Seriously.

The cutest gel

Hello again

I just got linked to "The Best Science Blogs" and #1 is pharyngula, a self-proclaimed godless liberal who spends all his time talking about how dumb religion is and no time at all talking about how cool science is. Lame. Let's talk about science again!

I'm spending a lot of time thinking about protein structure these days.


I'm trying to model mutations computationally and see how it changes the packing volume inside the protein! I wish I had learned more geometry than just what they taught me in 9th grade.

I'm also doing real experiments finally! Look, a western blot!