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Bring back Cophina!

I don’t think the BBC realizes how intensely intellectual their audience for Orphan Black really is.  I was watching their show for the genetic and biochemical take!  I almost get a “brain high” on some of Cosima’s better conversations.  And having Cosima and Delphine together just raised the conversation level to amazing heights.  Whatever happens, Cosima has GOT to find a smart chic for making love and making science

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Dear Brainbow,

You are the very definition of “beautiful biology.”  Your integration of color, ingenuity, and neuroanatomy is fascinating.  Thank you for inspiring a new generation of scientists and physicians.  You are so very attractive.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Your favorite future scientist

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Let’s be real.

The whole catecholamine biosynthesis pathway makes us cry tears of joy... it’s the entire reason I got into biochemistry in the first place.  Its role as a neurotransmitter, it’s interactions with other metabolic systems, it’s perfectly resonant structure.... these are the reasons I love what I do.

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Happy anniversary, Mrs. and Mr. Pond!

Happy Anniversary to the Ponds!

Amy and Rory were married 5 years ago today.

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Also also: pretending to be an extrovert so hard that your friends all gasp when they realize the depths of your introvertedness...

Things people with Social Anxiety do

•go to the bathroom to escape

•feel very uncomfortable without a phone or some other crutch

•dwell on a small awkward moment for much longer than necessary

•never go to any social event without a person that makes you feel comfortable

•follow said person way too much

•worry about the person beginning to find you obnoxious

•faking an illness to get out of a social event

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But there were good things too!  I’m now basically the leader of my family after my parents die.... wait, that sounds morbid and sadistic...

Shout out to all of the oldest children…who were used as the tester kids and now watch their younger siblings get away with stuff you would have been killed for.. Justice will never be restored

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This will be my Facebook icon one day.  

#lifegoals

Matching icon for you and a friend

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The phosporylation of acetic acid using ATP as the substrate?!

Such an energetically costly tattoo.

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I don’t think you realize... that would have been Jarvis.

Stark would have just said, “Oh, and, um, Jarvis, would you be a dear and go program a bulls-eye trashcan for all my less-than-ideal plans?  So it won’t have to be very big, about the size of a nanochip should be fine.  Oh, and maybe have, like, big graphics that light up whenever I throw something at it and hit the target, that way I can even be a winner whenever my ideas suck.”

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Is this a dagger I see before me, bruh?

famous shakespeare quotes but with “bruh” at the end of them

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It’s okay, Donnie.  At least you’re Allison’s complete idiot.

A Talk of the Clones: Kristian Bruun (Part 2) 

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But... I liked the epigenetic implications caused by a chimera, especially in relation to the clonal expansion of germline cells which ultimately led to the homozygous twins of #CloneClub

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Beautiful

Dancing Flames - Aluminium’s reactivity 

aluminium’s protective oxide layer can make it difficult to see its true reactivity in the context of metals reacting with aqueous solutions. (Do not try to recreate experiment without the presence of a trained professional)

Procedure:

Dissolve copper(II) chloride in the hydrochloric acid and set the solution aside. Take a piece of aluminium foil approximately the width of the base of the conical flask and approximately 20 cm long. Roll it loosely just enough to be able to fit through the neck of the flask – use a splint or spatula to gently push it home so it lies on its side on the base of the flask. Have a source of ignition nearby with some splints. Pour the solution inside the flask and swirl the flask gently to get the reaction going. 

After a few seconds, the mixture will begin to react vigorously and produce hydrogen gas. Hold the lit splint by the opening of the flask and the gas will ignite. If you have timed it right, the flame will sink back into the flask and dance inside above the reaction with an eerie green color from the copper.

Reaction:

2Al(s) + 3CuCl2(aq) → 2AlCl3(aq) + 3Cu(s)

2Al(s) + 6HCl(aq) → 2AlCl3(aq) + 3H2(g)

The primary objective here is to show how reactive aluminium is. The aluminium oxide layer protects the metal beneath from further reaction with air, water or acid. But chloride ions can ligate aluminium ions at the metal–oxide interface and break down the protective layer, allowing the reaction to proceed. -rsc

Giffed by: rudescience  From: This video

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May the Lord bless and keep this post.  

I pray we all find jobs after graduation.

amen.

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So is this like breaking the fourth wall... twice?

I shot & edited this together yesterday because I was extremely bored but now I feel very sad. Yes, that’s me with me. 

The Orphan Black S3 finale has killed me tbh.

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By the amount of coffee you consume, I think you would make a perfect fit as an emergency physician.

An attending physician commenting on my coffee intake. (via medicalstate)

Good to know!  If that’s the case, then sign me up for an ER round

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Oh my...

But as someone currently binge-watching Scrubs, this picture definitely captures the JD/Turk friendship.

As does this gif: