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You've Never Seen Arrays Do This Before

Apr 06, 2007

GTO was tipped off to a video-hosting website called labaction.com, where scientists can share videos with other biologists. We can't vouch for the website, but we can tell you this video of hip-hop dancing microarrays had us highly entertained this morning. Word to the wise: gather your labmates for a viewing. It's funnier when you watch it in a group.

 

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