“I am a nurse and here is my tattoo.”
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Author: Lori Jia
“I am a neuroscientist. As a graduate student, after successfully passing my qualifying exam, I celebrated by getting this tattoo. It is the hieroglyphic for the word ‘brain.’ It is the earliest written reference to the brain dating back to the 17th century BC. I am convinced that the brain is the greatest mystery in the universe! “–Jason Trageser
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
“I’m a biochemist, but I’ve always been fascinated by evolution. Here’s my tattoo representing the tree of life, based loosely on a couple of phylogenetic trees drawn by Ernst Haeckel. Here it is attached to the pictures that inspired it.”–Kevin
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
Esther Kieserman writes: “it is the general formula of an Ester functional group (R-COOH-R). it has R and R’ groups to represent the carbons attached to it on either side. i got it as a “got into grad school” present to myself when i graduated college. i am currently getting my PhD in molecular biology (specifically development) but have a chemistry name so i got this tattoo to represent my love of science.”
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.
“This is my science tattoo. It’s the greek symbol for Phi, and it represents the golden ratio.” –Jeff
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Originally published February 17, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.