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Ten Ornaments Infecting | 2011 BioTechniques "Twelve Days of Christmas" Holiday Gift Guide

12/15/2011
Andrew S. Wiecek

Forget the glass bulbs on your Christmas tree. This year opt for Petri dishes full of parasites.

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The BioTechniques “Twelve Days of Christmas” Gift Guide will help you find the right gift for your favorite postdoc, technician, lab director or PI.

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Parasites in Petri Dishes Christmas Ornaments

A set of three Petri dish ornaments feature three different parasites that can infest your tree. Specifically, these parasite are Opechona sp., Pygidiopsis macrostomum, and Nemo the nematode.

$20.00 | Artologica on Etsy

Charles Darwin Mouse Ornament

Yes, the father of evolution has now been immortalized in a felt miniature rat ornament to the envy of his scientific colleagues.

This little Charles Darwin Mouse holds his famous book “On the Origins of Species” in his hands. About 2.5” tall, this mouse is completely handmade and certainly one-of-a-kind.

$35.00 | The House of Mouse on Etsy


Neuron Ornament

Give you tree some nerves with this ornament in the shape of a neuron cell, the most important cells in the central nervous system.

$8.00 | Sigmund Freud on Etsy

Plush Microbes Ornaments

And if you didn't catch these infectious microbe ornaments earlier on our list, here they are again. A motley crew ready to invade your tree. We love these little critters.

$31.40 | Giant Microbes







The BioTechniques “Twelve Days of Christmas” Gift Guide will help you find the right gift for your favorite postdoc, technician, lab director or PI.

View the complete list.

BioTechniques "Twelve Days of Christmas" Gift Guide

On the tenth day of Christmas, my lab mate gave to me...

Ten Ornaments Infecting,

Nine Microscopes A'Talking,

Eight Arms Tattooed,

Seven Boils A-Bursting,

Six Red Blood Cells A'Cleaning,

Five DNA Earrings,

Four Stuffed Amino Acids,

Three Books on Science,

Two Frozen Cerebral Hemispheres,

And a Partridge in a Petri.

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