Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
Being a deep-sea biologist is not all riding around in a wetsuit in a zodiac chasing down giant squid at 30 knots. Sometimes I have to pipette giant squid samples for DNA analysis. All that pipetting can give me a vicious thumb cramp. Wouldn't it be nice if someone could do it for me! Better yet a robot with lasers! Even better a robot with lasers that sings and is from the future!
Who am I kidding? I will settle for a desktop automated machine with maybe a 90's boy band soundtrack. Luckily Eppendorf provides such a service (hat tip to CK)
And spending long nights in the lab makes it hard for your love to thrive
What you need is automation, girl, something easy as 1 2 3
So put down that pipette, honey, I got something that will set you free
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Where the heck did you find that? It has to be the sexiest science video ... ever. Ig Nobel-worthy. Thanks for the laff!
Posted by: Lori | July 2, 2008 12:02 PM
That one is a hot one for those into the boy bands...
and it does one up the sexy factor over Bio-Rad's PCR-Song, but in the spirit of open access, did they release the lyrics and music as with Bio-Rad bulletin# 5721 - The PCR Song Book, Rev. A?
Posted by: eric | July 2, 2008 12:36 PM
That's hilarious.
Posted by: Zeno | July 2, 2008 1:34 PM
Oh MY. What on earth is the blond bloke doing with his vest?
Posted by: Miriam | July 2, 2008 6:28 PM