Guess what a student researcher named a gene after?

*Refractive Reflections* · 01-24-2015, 03:23 PM

I don't know if any of you have already heard of this (since it's old news), but I thought I would share some funny information. So guess what a researcher was doing to pass time away, and named an undiscovered gene after it?

And guess what the inhibitor to that pathway is named after?

Unfortunately, this was renamed.

There's also another protein name, and another gene named after some popular characters/franchises.

...Just thought I'd share how influential gaming can be in science.

01-24-2015, 03:23 PM	#1
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	Guess what a student researcher named a gene after? I don't know if any of you have already heard of this (since it's old news), but I thought I would share some funny information. So guess what a researcher was doing to pass time away, and named an undiscovered gene after it? And guess what the inhibitor to that pathway is named after? Unfortunately, this was renamed. There's also another protein name, and another gene named after some popular characters/franchises. ...Just thought I'd share how influential gaming can be in science.
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