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Leung Lab’s Christmas Party 2013

The members of the Leung Lab gathered to celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays on 12/6/2013. Here are some pictures (Courtesy of Lue Xiang).

When you are away from your office for a little while …

you may get a pleasant surprise when you come back! It looks like that a Christmas/New Year ritual has been established in the lab….

When you are away for Christmas…

you may get a pleasant surprise when you come back!

A shit paper…

is published in PLOS neglected tropical diseases. However, the study itself is certainly not shitty. An In-Depth Analysis of a Piece of Shit: Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and Hookworm Eggs in Human Stool  

Building cheap machines with LEGO for research

I am so envious of these people who can build a useful machine by LEGO which can save money. The building part itself must be a lot of fun! From boingboing.net:  LEGO robots in the laboratory

Beware of Penguin thieves!

It is fair to say that there is still so much to learn about animal behaviour. 🙂

Dedicated Purdue students who worked in darkness to bring lights to the world

Zheng Lab – Bad Project (Lady Gaga parody)

Um… Purdue needs to be more creative.

Is My Thesis Hot or Not?

It has been a while since the last update… well, just come across a funny website which can be useful in some ways. Is My Thesis Hot or Not? By reading a number of titles from other people’s work, you will start to appreciate what works in your own setting and what does not.

Most people are not observant

This is not a new idea, but look at this funny experiment done at Harvard. I just can’t stop wondering how much we are missing when we are staring at our experiments with our own preconception… Most People Are Not Observant – Watch more Funny Videos