Unwashed Lab Coat as New Drug Source?
The lab coat is a ubiquitous and essential element in every lab for the purposes of lab safety, and in...
COVID Chronicles: Kitchen Fail
Grad student who successfully does 14-page genomic library sequencing protocol is unable to follow 3 ingredient, one-pot recipe.
Science Speaks Love a Little Differently
Crises bring out the best and the worst in people. The COVID-19 pandemic is no different. Through this trying time...
An OpiNION on diversity
The description of heaven as an onion, having multiple different layers to explore as a metaphor in the chronicles of...
Graduate Student Achieves Enlightenment After Paper Scoop
Her palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms were heavy; was that vomit on her sweater already? Mom’s spaghetti? The first...
UCSF lost and found
Officer: Hi, welcome to the UCSF lost and found, how may I help you today? A: Hi… I lost my...
The art of holding up objects — not all objects are equal
Countless studies have shown that holding up your experiments toward the light makes you seem ten times smarter than you...
Going Back to the Start of Today
This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's personal essay category. I step off the plane into the...
The Imposter
I don’t know when it began, but happened gradually as the first fall quarter unfolded. First, I began by picking...