The Tumey Team
This current lab member has the highest notebook #
Aiman - AY320
This is the name of the reaction that links a maleimide with a cysteine
Michael addition
This is the powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
What you would call the best soccer player of all time is also an animal used for antibody production
GOAT (greatest of all time, goat antibody)
What you would call a molecule that is generous with its hydrogens
Acid
There are this many ADCs listed in the ADC inventory as of 7/15/26? (within +-10)
1,183
This is the full chemical name of TCEP
Tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine
This is the animal that the Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was discovered in
Jellyfish
When you need your sample of Radon immediately
RN (right now, radon)
What one might call Dave and Busters
Arcade
These two current lab members have the first and second most entries in the ADC inventory sheet
AY - 173 entries
VO - 128 entries
This is the first FDA-approved ADC
gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg)
The 19th-century German chemist August Kekulé famously solved the mystery of this molecule’s structure by dreaming of a snake grabbing its own tail
Benzene
What you’d say when you aren’t sure what Isoleucine, Aspartic Acid, and Lysine are abbreviated as
IDK (Amino acids, I don’t know)
When you mis-pipette into the wrong row in a 96-well plate
Accident
These are the first authors from each of the 4 papers published from our lab 2025 (as listed in google scholar)
Sitang - Dissecting the Efficacy…
Victor - Legumain-Cleavable Top1i…
Mohan - Resin-Supported…
Aiman - Advances and challenges…
There are this many ADCs currently approved by the FDA (+-1)
16 (15 is old i think)
Kary Mullis is the inventor of this common lab technique, and credits the use of LSD in helping him discover it
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
This energy containing molecule is used to make a point
ATP (Adenosine triphosphate / At this point)
We receive a lot of packages contained in this material
Cardboard
According to the ordering sheet, we have ordered this quantity of items since 1/7/25 (within 10)
50 orders, 510 individual items total
This is the target, linker, and payload of the FDA approved ADC “Enhertu”
HER2 (trastuzumab), GGFG, deruxtecan
This is a major signaling molecule of embryonic development in planulozoan animals, encoded by the SHH gene
Sonic Hedgehog Protein
What you might exclaim when you see a yield of 0 milligrams
0MG (zero milligrams, oh my gosh)
Given to pharmacy programs that meet standards in curriculum, resources, and student outcomes
Accreditation