Those bright bands
Maikani's gel. Every bright band represents a successful PCR. "I'm gonna streak this!" Maikani practically squealed. She was making a motion with her hands that I had only ever seen in situations of extreme excitement - rubbing one palm over the other as if doling out cash. She pulled out her phone and snapped a picture of the gel, then began furiously typing. Is that what she meant by "streaking" - something to do with an app? As it turns out, yes. Apparently "streaking," no longer a term for running nude through public, means sending a photo to every single one of your contacts on SnapChat. Tell you what, I only ever feel old when I hear Maikani talk about social media. She deserved to be excited. We had just gotten an amazing result - the most successful PCR the lab had seen in months. After seemingly endless troubleshooting of DNA extraction and amplification methods, it seemed we had succeeded. In fact, I was reminded why I had settled on ...