It is only when you see a lab being set up from nothing, sit through all of the compulsory talks and have induction tours around all the labs and workspaces that you realise how much work can go into creating, building and maintaining the labs we're working in. I always talk about how much I like the idea of working in a multi-faceted team and the interlinking roles that all of these people have when they come together in the workplace and I think today, more than any, reflected the importance of everyone doing their bit in the chain (and bothering to establish a strong foundation in the first place!). Yes, at times it has been annoying that we still don't have any cells ready to use yet and the lab work we're doing is still just filling in time. (The cells are still being stored in liquid nitrogen at -170C, hopefully we'll resurrect them in the morning.) But today showed me what an amazingly efficient lab and technical team can look like at its start and best ...