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Scientists for Better PCR

Category: Molecular Biology
Posted on: January 11, 2008 8:00 AM, by RPM

Let's pretend this never happened:

Those are the Scientists for Better PCR, complete with their own wanna-be Boss. Because when you need to find out who the daddy is, you turn to PCR.

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Comments

Egad!!!

Posted by: Deepak | January 11, 2008 2:40 PM

I loved this! I'm so glad you shared it. My AP biology students thought it was hilarious. Anything that makes science more interesting (and look fun) is great to me.

Posted by: Stacy | January 11, 2008 3:30 PM

This was a big hit with my labmates!
Too funny!

Posted by: Amit | January 11, 2008 4:28 PM

Even though it wasn't his area of expertise I can't help but feel that Tom Lehrer would have done it better.

Posted by: donquijotesrocket | January 11, 2008 5:45 PM

It's good to see that Bio-Rad is spending their profits wisely.

But it is pretty funny in that damn-I-need-to-get-a-real-life sort of way, I must admit.

Hopefully, this will set off a marketing war among companies: I could envision Applied Biosystems doing a mock Jerry Lewis-like telethon regarding the tragedy of multiple bands in the negative control, and perhaps Stratagene could film a benefit concert at Wembley Stadium regarding blunt-end ligations.

Posted by: Rich Lawler | January 12, 2008 12:19 PM

This is gold! Loved it!!!

Scientists for PCR-on-a-chip? - our company's hiring.. check us out.

Posted by: DNAE | January 18, 2008 4:25 PM

Awesome!

Posted by: Evolved | February 2, 2008 4:10 PM