Yesterday, a postdoc from a neighbouring lab came by to hand over an aliquot of antibodies to baymate. Here's what happened:
me: it looks like Santa came early this year.
friendly neighborhood postdoc: Well actually my PI would be Santa. I'm more of a reindeer.
baymate: Nah, you're an elf. Remember, it's the elves that make all the toys while Santa sits back and relaxes.
I think that baymate was on to something. The elves make all the toys, while Santa goes on a world-wide toy-promotion PR tour. But the only question I have is who are the reindeer?
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Its the foreign post-docs.
The lab techs
Definitely the lab techs.
NIH.
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Nature . . .
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You mean peer reviewers? Most of them are bad-assed, I tell what...
the PI's ego
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Nature !