Biologists Love Halloween

I have seen biologists at Halloween parties identifiably dressed as
  • the intertidal zone
  • a particular research plot
  • cold fusion
  • favorite ecosystems
  • chromosomes
  • ethanol (over 21's only)
  • yeast
  • experimental organisms
  • favorite chemicals
  • delayed chlorophyll synthesis

 

My Halloween Costume:

Giardia lamblia, an intestinal parasite I am all too familiar with. It has 8 flagella (two at each end, and four on the ventral surface), two nuclei (grey here), a giant double sucker disk and no mitochondria. End of biology lesson...ask me about my weight loss secret.

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