Open Lab 2010

One of the best kept secrets in the blogging world is the annual collection of blog posts, the Open Laboratory book, brainchild of blogfather Bora Zivkovic. I’ve been in it a couple of times (and helped edit it one year), and the 2010 edition is now out, complete with a contribution from our very own…

Imitation of life

To a cell biologist, they’re everywhere, an integral part of lab life. Used willy-nilly for all sorts of experiments. Poked, prodded, manipulated—and eventually autoclaved, incinerated or bleached. [pullquote]HeLa cells are the ‘anti-cell'[/pullquote]