Lab Funk

Well, I can't lie - this class has been tough.  It's been brutal.  It's been exhausting.  But heck, there's nothing like class bonding over a little hardship.  The material we learn is very intriguing (we're basically curing cancer!), but somehow I think the thing getting me through this 20.109 adventure is not the content we study, but the funky group of friends you end up forming through it.  We are almost officially a legit group now.  We have a GroupMe.  We have a snack rotation (P.S. who's bringing snacks next time, guys?!?!).  We even have a group Spotify.  There's just one thing missing.
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A GROUP MUSIC VIDEO!!!!!!

Like this one.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7uCcRfrQ0A

or this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7uCcRfrQ0A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7a3_JRWQY

In honor of my desire to have a funky-fresh tune for our lab, I began writing a music parody about CHO cells.  It's definitely not music video quality of course, but I still hope y'all enjoy it! 

****Sung to the tune of  'Uptown Funk'*****


'Lab class,
our lab squad,
Shannon Hughes -
that lab God.
This one, for them CHO cells,
them glow cells
straight masterpieces.
The quest, we test
inhibitors of gene repair.
Got plasmids with BFP,
got different topologies

The cells glow (glow bright).
Observed with flow cytometry.
The cells glow (glow bright)-
blue depending on topology.
The cells glow (glow bright).
What inhibits DNA repair?
The cells glow (glow bright).
Could it be an inhibitor?
Break it down.

Repair is inhibited (whuoo)
Repair is inhibited (whuoo)
Repair's inhibited (whuoo)
'Cause them drugs gon' inhibit it'
'Cause them drugs gon' inhibit it'
'Cause them drugs gon' inhibit it'
5pm and we in the lab
Don't believe us just watch (come on)
Don't believe us just watch
Don't believe us just watch
Don't believe us just watch
Don't believe us just watch
Don't believe us just watch
hey, hey, hey, oh!

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Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work (say whaa?!)
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work (say whaa?!)
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work (say whaa?!)
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work
Lab time, time to work, lab time, time to work (say whaa?!)
Lab time, time to work!