The Twelve Days of (a Lab) Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me

A postdoc with her own grant.

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Eight gels a-running;
Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Nine ‘scopes a-scanning;
Eight gels a-running;
Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Ten enzymes chomping;
Nine ‘scopes a-scanning;
Eight gels a-running;
Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Eleven Westerns blotting;
Ten enzymes chomping;
Nine ‘scopes a-scanning;
Eight gels a-running;
Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me…

Twelve thermals cycling;
Eleven Westerns blotting;
Ten enzymes chomping;
Nine ‘scopes a-scanning;
Eight gels a-running;
Seven cells dividing;
Six cultures shaking;
FIVE CLONING RINGS;
Four antibodies;
Three Nature papers;
Two PhDs,
and a postdoc with her own grant.

A merry Christmas to you all!