BIRTHDAYS
For the colleague whose birthday plans are: feed the cells, run a PCR, and spend four hours at the confocal. They deserve more than a warm beer in the break room.
Year Older/contaminating
They said you'd get better with experience. The cells disagree. Age brings wisdom. Apparently not sterile technique. Happy birthday.
25. I am Reviewer #2 You don't know who I am. But I know you. Your research. Your funding. Your career path. And I have questions. Lots of questions.
Year Older/paperwork
You used to run experiments. Now you run meetings. You used to pipette. Now you fill forms. Happy birthday. Welcome to the administrative side of science.
Wisdom +1/Telomers -1
You aged. Your DNA too. Happy birthday.
