Grass Lab 2011: August 2011

Making chocolate mousse, midnight on Saturday. Grassies, you are in for a treat!

grass lab musings...

Naively asked of Jade-
"Where is the Northeast bldg of Harvard that you work at?"

"Swinging or throwing like a European is prohibited on the softball field!"
- Sparky, Grass lab softball manager

"They like adventures- just different kinds." - Toots & Puddle

"In Naples, there is even a squid mafia."
- Luca appreciating the MRC

"Did you spend some time in the tanning saloon?"
- Felix's Swiss English

"God doesn't need gloves!" (corollary- God doesn't need knives either)

"If you cut out the cerebellum, you lose the soul." (more proof that Decartes was wrong)

"Swope is the definition of delicious" - Grass Lab's Anton Ego

"Well the fish is dead, right now....."
- Liz mentoring an undergrad

"It's amazing how often I find myself dumpster-diving" (what does this say about NIH funding?)

"Maybe it's an IN VIVO artifact? ..."I'm a dish guy"
- witty slice banter

"It's generally inhibiting"
- answer to the question "How do you make the GABA current exciting to the general public?"

"Here is some Broilerplate prose to use in a rejection letter..."
- advice from Animal Behaviour editorial staff to new reviewing editor Tim Wright

"I HATE nature!"
- Isaac vs mosquitoes

"The fellow's food stipend is too much, there's an uneaten popover."
- a director's astute observation

"He used to tell me bedtime stories about parasite life cycles"
-Isaac on his Dad as an inspiration for his scientific career

"A calyx isn't a calyx isn't a calyx"
- Steph's new appreciation of the vestibular system

"There seems to be very minimal error....or there is very consistent error"
- savvy data summary

"Send a LABALL, i've been recording from an incredi-cell for the last 2 hours"
- Dr. Meitzen's orders

grass advisors say the darndest things...

"Find a big problem, then get it wrong." - John Nicholls

"Save water, drink margaritas"
- Kravitz's motto

"Particle motion moves the utricle which moves the eye?"
- Bob Baker relating different grass projects

"I call myself a MURine biologist"
- MBL's Josh Hamilton

A tribute to Rudolfo Llinas-
"Consciousness is a pre-motor event"

"How about averaging your thoughts?"
"If you think it's averaging, then you're already dead."

"It's not a chicken or the egg question, it's a bad question!"

"It's snot that stays in place"
- ie. the construct is exocytosed

To Raquel's toadfish-
"Does it have pants on?"

"I don't care about human beings, what fascinates me most is cytoplasm."

Monday, August 29, 2011

White Jetta braves stormy Surf Drive

View from stairwell of Rowe....

Saturday, August 27, 2011

a burrito before the storm

Friday, August 26, 2011

A visit from Irene?

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Runner's High

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Prelude to Isaac's Sunday dinner

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Grass lab project will NOT overheat again

Monday, August 8, 2011

Squid ink risotto

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Jade's Grass twin