The Secret Protocols of the Joint Lab Meeting

We all got our smallpox vaccinations checked, and the bandages changed yesterday. Mine's taken nicely, although that was already obvious since the pustule was beginning to ooze through my bandage. So far have been lucky enough to escape any bad reactions - two of the guys at the university were sick for a couple of days. After that we had a joint meeting with the university lab to discuss various projects that we're collaborating on. Here's a couple of amusing excerpts:

While discussing a recombinant vaccine using CMV:
T [to the Center lab]: Just gotta let you guys know, none of us can work on this, since it's probably going to be commercialized and go to the corporation in the future, and there's a conflict of interest with us [she and O] being married.
O [from the uni lab]: Well, we could get a divorce.
J: Put that on your list.

D: ...so the next thing is for me to put the construct into Y. pestis and see if it gets expressed.
O: Do you have an electroporator?
D: Yeah! I have a really cool electroporator. It's new and...
me: Is that the one that J said looks like a sex toy?
D: Totally.
J: You don't even need to be dirty-minded.