That never occurred to me

[trinityvixen]

You know you're working too hard in science when you design a primer and name it "ChR2_WT_F" and it's not until after it arrives and you're making aliquots that you even notice what you did there.

Comments

[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

Seriously? That wasn't on purpose? You really are working too hard.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Not on purpose. "WT" stands for "wild type," indicating that anything amplified by this primer isn't a mutant. "F" stands for "forward," which is one part of a forward/reverse primer that will amplify DNA. It makes total sense to have those both in a primer name. Just...yeah, didn't even think about what else it could mean.

[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

Haha that's kind of awesome. And even more so since it is a logical combination. : )

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Now my inner gamer geek also had to note the ChR2 (or in D&D format Chr: 2) =-þ