the flavilab chronicles

how to remove scum

2009-01-23T16:29:00.001+08:00

bus god

2009-01-21T16:28:00.002+08:00

Gasp....
the gods of buses are tiny trucks?

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T21:10:00.001+08:00

its good to know you have friends half way around the world on christmas day.

Merry Christmas and have an Amazing New Year.

truly asia

2008-12-22T01:29:00.001+08:00

malaysia is the cheapest tourist destination, says X-Change. Cheaper than Chile, South Africa, Kenya and Philippines.

France Study Trip

2008-12-16T04:47:00.009+08:00

Anthony and I were sent for a short study trip to Dr Hong's lab in the university of Lyon. Before the 2 weeks of work in Lyon, we had 1 week of tour around Paris!!! =P

We were sent off at the changi airport by friends.

The Sacred Coeur basilica, Paris.

Hey, its the Eiffel Tower.

The Lourve museum is so huge, we couldn't finish walking though it in one day.

The famous Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles.

The Grande Arch at the La Defence is really huge. =P

We finally arrived in Lyon, which is possibly slightly colder than Paris. Behind us is the Lyon III University at night. We'll be going everyday to Lyon I University (medical faculty), which is situated quite far away from here. =P

escalator

2008-12-13T18:48:00.002+08:00

escalator in germany. emergency stop is called 'Not Halt'. hmmmmm. i smell a sadist.

one copy

2008-12-12T06:07:00.002+08:00

can i have one copy of god in size A4, and two copies of god in size A3?

splitting cells

2008-11-12T21:29:00.002+08:00

every wednesday is split cell day. yups, thats what i split every week. a whole panel of stably transfected cells. its maintained and not frozen down because when you thaw it, it takes a month or to to stabilize.

this is the amount of facs buffer the lab orders every month. took a pic because its alot, and because it was just outside my office door. of all places, got to put there...

Today in the LB broth of records...

2008-11-10T23:28:00.009+08:00

Today, Anthony submitted his thesis...
and he decided to do something creative.

Presenting...
The Plaque Assay Triple Tower, totally made up of Anthony's collection of PA plates over his one year of honours.

The Plaque Assay Triple Tower, made up of God knows how many 24 well plates, spanning 2 storeys high, if stacked one on top of another. Osama is designing paper aeroplanes now.

Melvin and Anthony.

Anthony

The self acclaimed F4.

Yay.. I submitted by thesis today

sigh... all the plastics

Santa clauses are coming to Flavilab. Its still a bit too early for Christmas.

Ok, time to dump them away...

Microbiology Welcome Tea 2008

2008-10-31T23:25:00.010+08:00

Welcome tea started off with a big bang....

Guess who is Austin Powers?

Its Justin! Quite cute... =P

Flavintage in action!!!

Justin's lab did a dance performance..

This year, everybody wins for performance...

Ivan received the price for Justin's lab.

Our lab got the best food stall for Welcome tea this year... Prof is just grinning ear to ear...

Somehow something tells me that Adrian is a very lucky guy... =P

The flavivirology group.

Welcome Tea Microbiology 2008 (preparation)

2008-10-31T23:08:00.006+08:00

Deco for the seminar room this year, decorated by Sylvie's group.

We are in charge of desserts again this year.

Kim Long busily securing the strings to hold our signboard...

Flavintage. The name for our team this year.

Prof's delight... come eat... don't shy.

Pic before the welcome tea starts...

Final Practise

2008-10-31T22:53:00.006+08:00

Final practise round just before the MicroB welcome T.
Our theme this year is "back to the 70s".

Flavintage in action!

Team flavilab posing for a shot.

Hey, check out our lab T-shirt. Designed by Lysshan and Shu Min. =)

Front

Back

Lysshan and Shu min and the pipette tip boxes

2008-10-24T20:39:00.007+08:00

Today in the Luria bertani broth book of records...

Tallest tower of yellow tip boxes... created by two overly enthusiastic girls.

Then they realised that the sky is the limit....

Inserting the final piece to jam up every box from floor to ceiling.

LB book of records has another new entry... tallest filled tip box tower.

goofing around... =)

ok... time to autoclave the tips.

Practising for welcome T

2008-10-24T20:29:00.004+08:00

MicroB welcome B is just round the corner.
our theme this year is 70's oldies.

Anthony is browsing though his uncle's song book for some fresh ideas...

trying out some new ... ahem.. old songs...

to be continued....

powderful england

2008-10-21T22:35:00.001+08:00

These data reinforce the
growing awareness that noncoding RNAs are key players in
tumor development by placing miRNAs in a central role in
a well-known tumor-suppressor network. As another tumor
suppressor, Rb gene, there still never had published data
about miRNAs involving its downstream pathway.

In the searching of normal control for the Rb cases, the
situation we met in the study just like that in another mRNA
profiling study of Rb

Identification of miRNAs associated with tumorigenesis
of retinoblastoma by miRNA microarray analysis
Jian-Jun Zhao & Juhua Yang & Jianhong Lin & Nan Yao &
Yihua Zhu & Jianlong Zheng & Jianhua Xu &
Jin Q. Cheng & Jian-Yin Lin & Xu Ma

powderful england

2008-10-21T22:35:00.000+08:00

These data reinforce the
growing awareness that noncoding RNAs are key players in
tumor development by placing miRNAs in a central role in
a well-known tumor-suppressor network. As another tumor
suppressor, Rb gene, there still never had published data
about miRNAs involving its downstream pathway.

Identification of miRNAs associated with tumorigenesis
of retinoblastoma by miRNA microarray analysis
Jian-Jun Zhao & Juhua Yang & Jianhong Lin & Nan Yao &
Yihua Zhu & Jianlong Zheng & Jianhua Xu &
Jin Q. Cheng & Jian-Yin Lin & Xu Ma

did you fart?

2008-10-20T17:32:00.002+08:00

Q: did you fart?
A: no, i din fart

Bowling

2008-10-17T22:28:00.008+08:00

Microbiology vs Immunology Bowling outing 2008.

we had a mini competition between the microbiology and the immuno group at clementi...
in other words, it is an official snake eating day for micro dept.
snake population was at its all time low... =(

posing for a shot

anthony and gang goofing around while queing up for their shoes.

Adrian keyed in our names for the game, while Anthony appeared overly fascinated with bowling balls...

Another Lab photo.

Prof is very happy the drain (longkang) is cleaner now. =P

Guess who?

Anyway, immuno won the competition... =P (overall)

mooncakes - invitrogen

2008-10-01T20:31:00.002+08:00

ritz carlton leh, donch pray pray ah. but i really cant taste how atas it was anyway...

Singapore F1 night race.

2008-10-01T01:10:00.010+08:00

The F1 fever is on and this time it hits Singapore.

So Lydia and I went to have a look on sat (during the preliminaries). Didn't have money for the grandstand, so we stood outside the fenced area. Couldn't see much, except for an occassional glimspe of the top part of the f1 car whizzing by. The lighting was excellent.

Love the noise!!!

F1 was live on channel 5 the next day.

Many 1sts in F1 history. i.e. 1st night race crash goes to NP.

1st Night race pit stop drama. Technical error caused Massa to drove off with the fuel pipe still attached to the car, causing injury to one of his mechanics. 3 crew members had to race down the pit stop area to the far end, where Massa was to remove the torn fuel pipe. Massa, whose car was the 1st at the starting grid, became one of the last few to finish the race.

1 car got engine failure, and 2 other cars crashed out of the race. David Coulthard also had a similar accident with fuel pipe attached when he moved off by 1 metre, injuring 1 of his crew. Safety car was used twice.

Fernando Alonso the won the drama filled F1 singapore GP.

ok... looks like sam fish missed the action. tsk tsk... aiyo

Leaving on a jet plane

2008-10-01T00:54:00.005+08:00

Sending Sam off to Sweden...

Yen Ling penning down some thoughts...

Essay writing competition in progress... =P

Fantastic four with the silver surfer. AKA steamboat kaki.

One last pic before taking off...

by the way... dun forget the karolinska t-shirts we ordered =)

mooncakes - promega

2008-09-30T20:29:00.003+08:00

pictures taken a long time ago but now only find time to upload. first time i see such small and weird shaped mooncakes.

email dead

2008-09-29T20:59:00.000+08:00

my email account dieded. they sent me an email to ask me to extend it if i need the mailbox one day before they terminated my account, but it takes 5 days for the application for extension to be processed. thx lor...

-----Original Message-----
From: Computer Account Administrator [mailto:cceaa@nus.edu.sg]
Sent: Mon 9/29/2008 10:30 AM
To:
Subject: Account Termination Notification

[NUS Restricted]

Dear SAM,

Computer Account Termination

Please be informed that your computer account [MICCCCS] will be automatically terminated after 6 pm on your last day of service [30/09/2008].

If you need to extend your computer account, please obtain support from your Head of Department and email to xxx five(5) working days in advance with supporting reasons and the last day of extension.

We regret to inform that once the computer account is deleted, we will not be able to restore the data and emails in your computer account.

Meanwhile, we would like to advise you to set an auto-reply message informing your colleagues, business associates and friends that your NUS computer account will be removed on the above mentioned date and re-direct them to your new email address.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Thank you and regards,

Account Administrator
Computer Centre
DID: 6516 6522

This is a computer generated e-mail. No signature is required.

Sam's farewell lunch

2008-09-16T13:34:00.015+08:00

Sam wanted some local food for his farewell, so Prof gave us a treat at the Copthorne King's Hotel.

Satay

Very fragrant Nasi Lemak

Penang laksa (made in Singapore)

and finally a group photo of all who have been well fed.

10pm

2008-09-04T22:58:00.002+08:00

2200 hours on 03 September 2008. highest density of NML students in the corridor at such an hour. entered into the LB Broth book of flavilab records.
super bo liau lor...