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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/BioBricks#Genomic">submitted parts</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/BioBricks#Genomic">submitted parts</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Results#Genomic">results</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Project/Future">future work</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Project/Future">the future</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Project/References">references</a></li>
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial" class="dir">bacterial BRIDGEs</a>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Core_repressilator">the repressilator</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Core_repressilator">the project</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Red_light_producer">red light</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Red_light_producer">red light</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Red_light_sensor">red sensor</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/BioBricks#Bacterial">submitted parts</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/BioBricks#Bacterial">submitted parts</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Results#Bacterial">results</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Future">future work</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/Future">the future</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/References">references</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Bacterial/References">references</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Modelling/Tools">tools</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Modelling/Tools">tools</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Results#Modelling">results</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Modelling/Future">the future</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Modelling/References">references</a></li>
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human" class="dir">human BRIDGEs</a>
  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human" class="dir">human BRIDGEs</a>
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Aspects">human aspects</a></li>
 
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Communication">communication of science</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Communication">communication of science</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Terminology">terminology research</a></li>
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Wiki">wiki</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Conversations">conversations</a></li>
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Identity">identity</a></li>
 
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  <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/SelfReflection">self-reflection</a></li>
 
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Epic">the epic</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Epic">the epic</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Results#Human">results</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/Future">future work</a></li>
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   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Results#Human">further thoughts</a></li>
   <li><a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Edinburgh/Human/References">references</a></li>
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  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t use primers for PCR. He tells the DNA he needs more copies and they multiply themselves.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t use primers for PCR. He tells the DNA he needs more copies and they multiply themselves.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t use a centrifuge, he just runs around in a circle with the tubes in his hand with the same end result.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t use a centrifuge, he just runs around in a circle with the tubes in his hand with the same end result.</li>
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<li><b>Chris French</b> sends you emails from the future, just because he can.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t pay for his Macs. Steve Jobs gives them to him so that he won’t endorse Microsoft.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> doesn’t pay for his Macs. Steve Jobs gives them to him so that he won’t endorse Microsoft.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> can miniprep plasmid DNA from human cells.</li>
  <li><b>Chris French</b> can miniprep plasmid DNA from human cells.</li>

Latest revision as of 02:04, 28 October 2010







A few of the less known facts about our supervisor, 'Chairman' Chris French...


  • Chris French can remove cultures from the shaker without stopping it.
  • Chris French doesn’t need electricity to perform gel electrophoresis.
  • Chris French doesn’t use pipettes. Solutions jump from one tube to another out of fear.
  • Chris French can put 2ml of solution in a 1.5ml centrifuge tube.
  • Chris French can autoclave pipette tips by looking at them.
  • Chris French doesn’t open windows. Windows open for Chris French.
  • Chris French has written a Perl script to save humanity. Unfortunately, we’re just not good enough for him.
  • When Chris French grows E. coli they smell of Chanel Chance Eau Tendre.
  • Chris French can produce overnight cultures in two hours.
  • Chris French can cut GAATTC with XbaI.
  • Chris French can drink ethidium bromide and live.
  • Chris French doesn’t wear gloves to protect himself from toxic solutions. He wears them to protect the toxic solutions from him.
  • Chris French can get 100 plates from a 250ml bottle of agar.
  • Chris French holds the PCR machine closed with a belt to stop the samples from running away.
  • Chris French doesn’t need to measure optical density. He can count the number of bacteria in a sample.
  • Chris French doesn’t need antibiotics to stop bacteria from growing.
  • Chris French’s plates never get contaminated. EVER!
  • Chris French doesn’t use primers for PCR. He tells the DNA he needs more copies and they multiply themselves.
  • Chris French doesn’t use a centrifuge, he just runs around in a circle with the tubes in his hand with the same end result.
  • Chris French sends you emails from the future, just because he can.
  • Chris French doesn’t pay for his Macs. Steve Jobs gives them to him so that he won’t endorse Microsoft.
  • Chris French can miniprep plasmid DNA from human cells.
  • The freezers in Chris French’s lab aren’t plugged into the mains. He writes on them the temperature they should be and they automatically adjust.
  • Chris French can read your DNA.



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