Chordotonal organs

only human. Very recently, a senior research associate in my lab shared his experience of accidentally spilling a hazardous chemical on the floor and the small change he will make to contain such spills more safely in the future. I am grateful that he used his experience to help us all work smarter and safer. These two stories have been about lab mistakes, the last one will be about remembering to bring your whole game to your research. Software design and computer programming was my entry point into research as a high school student, skills that I further developed at University. Foolishly, I decided as a PhD student that I wanted to be a biologist, not a programmer and intentionally let my skills atrophy. Now, I am scrambling to get back in shape and update my skills so that our research need not be limited to the tools others build.