Grass Lab 2011: "Sparky's Brains"

Luca Preparing a Sample of "Sparky's Brain"

In the Grass Lab, our best resource is our brains.

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, June 27, 2011

"Sparky's Brains"

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