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Happy #FluorescenceFriday! This is a micrograph of a primary cilium that was rendered in Photoshop to look like a neon sign. The original image was acquired by Shariq Ansari, whose last day in the lab is today. He's moving on to a project management position at MD Anderson Cancer Center! 🧪 🔬
TFW you go out to dinner and forget to bring reading glasses. The struggle is real. 👵🏼
Trainees: Never underestimate the power of a cool acronym for a protocol, allele, mutation, etc. 🤓 Also...never underestimate the importance of googling an acronym you are thinking of using to find out if it is a slang term for something...bad 😳 🧪
Yes! Sonic Hedgehog.
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Forgot to add: What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? 🧪
A single, hair-like projection called the primary cilium, which is present on most cells in the body, functions as a signaling hub for cell-to-cell communication. The primary cilium is shown below in red. The cell nucleus is in blue. Image by Lead Researcher Shariq Ansari.