This Date in UCSF History: When ‘Synapse’ Let Itself Lie (Just for Fun)

From time to time, Synapse has given itself permission to misbehave. These April Fool’s stories wink at journalistic rules, blur fact and fiction, and dare readers to believe just long enough to laugh.

March 31, 2026

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Humor

Unwashed Lab Coat as New Drug Source?

January 28, 2022

Janice Goh

The lab coat is a ubiquitous and essential element in every lab for the purposes of lab safety, and in...

Humor

COVID Chronicles: Kitchen Fail

January 25, 2022

Janice Goh

Grad student who successfully does 14-page genomic library sequencing protocol is unable to follow 3 ingredient, one-pot recipe.

Humor

Excerpt from The Art of Amateur Sadness

November 8, 2021

Match McGregor

Match McGregory’s “Excerpt from the Art of Amateur Sadness” debuts an unwritten anti- self-help book that lists the ways to...

Humor

Is This a Graduate Student?

October 25, 2021

Natalie Whitis

I have made a terrible mistake. I’m writing this to you, the readers of UCSF Synapse, to warn you against...

Humor

Graduate Student Achieves Enlightenment After Paper Scoop

February 21, 2021

Janice Goh

Her palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms were heavy; was that vomit on her sweater already? Mom’s spaghetti? The first...

Humor

Recipe for A PhD Student Thesis

January 25, 2021

Victoria Turner

Serves: 1 Thesis Committee Time: 4-7 years Just when you thought you had exhausted the quarantine home cookbook, here is...

Humor

Congratulations Uncle COVID Denier

December 11, 2020

Matthew Klope

In a long-anticipated move, the 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences has been awarded to Your Uncle on Facebook for...

Humor

The art of holding up objects — not all objects are equal

November 30, 2020

Janice Goh

Countless studies have shown that holding up your experiments toward the light makes you seem ten times smarter than you...

Humor

COVID Lock Down Inspires New Thesis

October 18, 2020

Janice Goh

2020 has been a year of great turmoil due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With labs operating only at 50% capacity...

Humor

This Date in UCSF History: When ‘Synapse’ Let Itself Lie (Just for Fun)

Unwashed Lab Coat as New Drug Source?

COVID Chronicles: Kitchen Fail

Excerpt from The Art of Amateur Sadness

Is This a Graduate Student?

Graduate Student Achieves Enlightenment After Paper Scoop

Recipe for A PhD Student Thesis

Congratulations Uncle COVID Denier

The art of holding up objects — not all objects are equal

COVID Lock Down Inspires New Thesis

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