The Memory Board at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

At the course-end banquet in August 2004, the Yeast Genetics Course members sang the following song. It was sung to the tune of "The Midnight Special"...

THE WORMY SPECIAL

The Wormy Special

Well you wake up in the mornin’
Hear the ding a’ dong ring
Come on down to the worm course
And it’s the same damn thing
You wasted your three weeks
And you’ve learned nothin’ new
Wish you’d been down in Delbruck
Where genetics is true

Chorus:

Let Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Shine its light on you
Let Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Shine its ever lovin’ light on you

You wish you had deletions
Of every single gene
RNAi is for morons
The worst genetics ever seen
What were you thinkin’
You thought you’d be cool
But you’re a slimy little nematode
An idiot and a fool

Chorus

Come on GENE EXPRESSION
We ain’t forgot about you
You ran yourselves a great plate race
And beat the nematodes too
You can try again next year
And at the very least
You will beat the lowly nematode
And get crushed by the yeast

Chorus

Well come next summer
When you’re bored and sinkin’ low
Remember what we told you
And where you oughta go
Come on back to Cold Spring Harbor
And sign up to study yeast
You’ll finally have made it
With the omnipotent beast

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