Thankfulness Friday - Baker's Yeast

Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the microscope (40X).  They are stuck together after being treated with toxic drug (nocodazole).

 

I've been working with baker's yeast for almost 10 years now.  I use them in the lab to study genetics.  They are amazing single cell organisms that share many similarities with human cells.  This week was suppose to be vacation for me.  For a couple of weeks prior to Christmas, my experiments have not been working properly.  One quick email to Brad and a couple more email exchanges with former co-workers, I went into work to retry the experiment yesterday.  I think things finally worked!

Happy New Year, Readers!  May you find 2012 be filled with great many successes!