Innovation Pharmaceuticals Inc (IPIX)

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I am a research coordinator at the University of Washington, for the last 15 years. I manage the aquatic labs which is essentially a much larger version of the fish tank section you see at your local petco or petsmart store. Now I am just the "fish guy" but I have 7 principal investigators (PI's) whose work ranges from cancers to birth defects, stem and hair cells etc. They all have traditional scientific labs like the one Leo provided pictures of and I can confirm that is an active lab of moderate to heavy use.

I am not just talking about clutter on the counter tops or the lab coat precariously hanging off the back the chair. More telling is the half-full squirt bottles, styrofoam boxes transporting items from the freezer/frig, notes on the fume hood and other equipment that red tape is usually where you write when it was cleaned last or this button is broken. Reflective material on the glass refrigerators is not stock used when your storing enzymes or chemicals that cannot be exposed to light. I especially like that bucket of "misc. parts/junk" under the workspace -yep that looks familiar to me.

All of my PI's are very busy in their labs with lots of grad. students and postdocs. Some of the PIs maintain there labs at all times as if they were brand new and never used while other PI's have countertops where you have to dig through stuff just to clear a surface and bicycles parked in the back of the lab. YADA YADA YADA that is a real lab.