if I'm in exactly the right sub-field, when I could be having so much fun if I skittered sideways a little bit.
Case in point, I'm perusing articles on bacterial pathogenesis for a suitable submission to a journal club presentation I'm giving next week. I find a potentially interesting paper and then lose it completely when I come across this line:
I mean, seriously, who doesn't love a gene product called "Makes Caterpillars Floppy"? (Of course, the entomological geneticists have lots of fun, as they have dubbed particular genes with such delightful names as sonic hedgehog, gherkin, and decapentaplegic)
Case in point, I'm perusing articles on bacterial pathogenesis for a suitable submission to a journal club presentation I'm giving next week. I find a potentially interesting paper and then lose it completely when I come across this line:
As the bacteria multiply, they produce many toxins, such as the Mcf (Makes Caterpillars Floppy) toxin...
I mean, seriously, who doesn't love a gene product called "Makes Caterpillars Floppy"? (Of course, the entomological geneticists have lots of fun, as they have dubbed particular genes with such delightful names as sonic hedgehog, gherkin, and decapentaplegic)