cyclopentadiene:

adventuresinchemistry:

endwellian:

orangebaccarat:

adventuresinchemistry:

melmel117:

dumb-science-jokes:

quinn-the-human:

adventuresinchemistry:

Fun fact: I thought ubiquitin was made up for a long time because it was such a ridiculous name that I assumed it was one of those made up non specific names that professors use on exams

ever since i learned about sonic hedgehog i realized that nobody was ever kidding about protein names

Ladies and Gentlemen (and others) I give you:

Sonic the Hedgehog

Other fun proteins include:

Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase

CHEAPDATE

Spaghetti Squash

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IS THE WORST

This one is solidly on the biochemists and the fly geneticists. For once it’s not the molecular biologists fault.

Has nobody mentioned the RING domain?

It stands from Really Interesting New Gene.

Pikachurin

The fly geneticists always seem to come up with the weird stuff. Like the many strains of flies named after vegetables.

Speaking of fly genes:

Sevenless
Son of sevenless
Bride of sevenless
Seven in abstentia

Because every group of related genes should read like a short and tragic family drama

Can we also talk about JAK1 and JAK2 of the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, which were originally named “Just Another Kinase” before their importance was understood?