Stripped Science

Pioneers of genetics. Part One (comic)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:26:41 -0000

During my undergrad studies, I had a very good lecturer, who told as many stories of the “golden age” of classical genetics.

These heroes inspired a few drawings.
The first one is about Barbara McClintock

Coinfection (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:03:00 -0000

Points of view in the case of an infection.

Flow cytometry (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:30 -0000

Inventing new methods…

Genetic code (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:17:40 -0000

What the genetic ocde can not tell…

Labour Day

Viktor Poór — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:26 -0000

Celebrate the Labour Day!

Apoptotic Signal (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:17:20 -0000

In my previous strip necrosis did a nasty job, now lets see how the apoptotic signal works:

Necrosis

Viktor Poór — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:14:38 -0000

In the next to strips I will show the difference between necrosis and apoptosis.

Dosage (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:49:17 -0000

Life at the pharmaceutical industry…

Misunderstood (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:04:30 -0000

You are always just a few letters far from troubles.

Cell in Heaven (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:06 -0000

Where do the cells go after the apoptosis?

Fuel of Science (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:56:17 -0000

What is the fuel os science? The curiosity? The impact factors? The pressure what your boss places on you?
None of them.

Ideal conditions (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:49:21 -0000

Last afternoon I fell asleep and woke up this morning, that is why this strip came up late.

Soundtrack (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:22:51 -0000

Some moments of life would need to have a soundtrack.

Technology Frontiers (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:24:22 -0000

This strip is for the pioneers of technology.

Biosensor (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:46:39 -0000

The Stripped Science Biotech proudly presents its new, blockbuster product. With the innovative use of a well tried technology, SSB will be the world leading biotech corporation in the mine industry.

Souvenirs (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:33:27 -0000

If you have friends or colleauges in science, sometimes you don’t have to tink too much about what to bring from a journey.

Cell Death (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:23:57 -0000

I’m back from Syria, so from now you can expect regular posts again.
This strip is a part of a mini series on cell death, started with my previous strip.

Apoptosis (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:21:48 -0000

Posted from the amaizing and crazy Damascus. I love it.

Why do you do science? (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:07:05 -0000

The hardest questions always begin with the word “Why”. This post is inspired by this topic

Adipocyte (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:08:27 -0000

Don’t let yourself to misled by the commercials! A few pounds plus won’t kill you.

Labs on budget

Viktor Poór — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:41:43 -0000

Most of the research labs are underfunded. At least they say so.

And many facilities have their little tricks to save a few dimes. For example, I was in lab where tha agaraose gels were “recycled” after runing.
Theres is an other trick:

How the Nature Network changed my life

Viktor Poór — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:59:07 -0000

Happy Birthday NN! As Martin suggested at this topic I drew a strip with this title

Valentine's Day (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:18:41 -0000

Despite of I have never ever ‘celebrated’ Valentine’s day, a cartoon idea poped out of my mind. So, Happy Valentine’s Day for all my female readers!

Reporter gene (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:19:31 -0000

Explaining the advantages of using a reporter gene.

Electroshock (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:22:14 -0000

The little neuron’s adventure continues.

Single cell model (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:26:46 -0000

Here is a posible single cell model for psychological diseases.

Cornering (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:17:26 -0000

What happens when you want to meet everone’s requirements?

Moral issues (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:24:24 -0000

How far can you go for scientific data?

Lab accidents (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:37:14 -0000

Quite scary strip, accidents in the lab. Both on the material and the emotional world.

Lab apparel (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:56:39 -0000

We spend most of our days in the lab, wearing a lab coat. If you count all the lab scientists on the world, you get a quite big number.
Why all the fashion companies leave this market niche untapped?

Life is dangerous (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:06:58 -0000

Life is dangerous. Even worrying about all the possible agents which can harm you, makes you ill.

Bacterial social life

Viktor Poór — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:42:50 -0000

Here is an other strip on the social life of the basteria.

Research planning (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:01:16 -0000

The competition is raging in science. The publishing pressure is worst day-by-day, but it can not be an excuse to perpetrate a fraud on the experimental data

Forensic Science 2 (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:51:45 -0000

Snapshots from the life of the Forensic Medicine Department:

Forensic Science (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:21:13 -0000

Last year, our workgroup moved to the Forensic Medicine Institute from the Biochemistry. We still work on our original projects, but we also started new projectsm so now, we have new problems. As well, the new “enviroment” means some strips on the topic forensic techniques.

Confetti (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:58:31 -0000

Here is the New Year’s Eve special strip.
It’s shorter, than usual, becouse I’m already late for a party. Have fun tonight!

Rules of the Lab (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:23:30 -0000

When I first saw the MALDI mass spectrometer I was pretty amazed, I had a good time shooting at the samples with the laser

Christmas Special part 3 (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:53:11 -0000

I think by this time everyone is full of Christmas images, so this srip do not contain any Christmas symbols.

Christmas Special Edition 2 (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:05:39 -0000

Continuing the Christmas special flow.
Eat a lot and enjoy the strip!

Special Christmas comic strip 1

Viktor Poór — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:43:16 -0000

I wish you a Merry Christmas!

Do NOT try this at home (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:40:58 -0000

I guess sometimes everyone have ideas on using the lab for ordinary purposes:

Gardening (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:25:56 -0000

As an undergraduate biologist student I have to work at the university’s botanical garden. Now I know, as I look back, I missed a lot of opportunities to have great discoveries.

Odour (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:12:25 -0000

This one was inspired by a conversation next to the microwave oven.

Rules of the Jungle (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:04:14 -0000

There are many ways to spend your time on a conference: listening to the presentations, networking, sightseeing, etc…
For a field biologist there are even more…

Safety training (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:58:12 -0000

The reading of the Stripped Science blog improves the safety level of your lab.

Up and down (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:12:31 -0000

Back to the bacterial world.
One of the most comon activity in the lab is not much stress for us. But what do our bacteria feel? It can be quite terrifiyng.

Birds and bacteria (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:14:44 -0000

Picking up a girl can be quite hard to success. It’s difficult even in the bacterial world.

Restertainment (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:15:37 -0000

A few weeks ago I was watching the presentation of the new techniques of microscopy. I was wondering how could I turn the daily microscopy routine into some fun, merging the research with some entertainment, than I sketched the cartoon below.

Always look at the bright side...

Viktor Poór — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:57:24 -0000

I am sure that all of you know how frustrating is when a cell culture gets contaminated with some fungi or bacteria.
But always look at the bright side, not just the wasted time/effort/money. Take a look at the medium before you discard it.

Funfair (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:49:28 -0000

Sometimes working in the lab is quite boring: repeating the same steps all day long.
But how is it for the bacteria?

Viewfield of Joy (comic strip)

Viktor Poór — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:20:27 -0000

A Blog is Born

Viktor Poór — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:09:46 -0000

Welcome to my new blog, called the ‘Stripped Science’

I will post short comic strips on the life of a lab. This week is a special pilot week, I will post a strip every day, later I plan to post twice a week.