2022 BioTechniques holiday gift guide
Somehow, it’s the festive season once more, Secret Santas have been decided, office parties have been planned and the one available date that works for Friendsmas has been penciled into calendars. If you’re on the hunt for the perfect gift for your lab bestie, your science-obsessed friend or a little treat for yourself, I hope this gift guide gives you some inspiration!
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and The New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
This book begins in the late 1600s when Robert Hooke and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek looked down their microscopes and discovered cells, a discovery that has impacted almost every aspect of medicine and biology. From here, Mukherjee takes you on a journey and retells the stories behind our understanding of cells and how this knowledge is currently being used in research.
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Is your Secret Santa the lab fun-guy? This book delves into the mysterious world of fungi and reveals how extraordinary these organisms are. This book was the winner of the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation and the Royal Society Prize in 2021.
2023 small world calendar from Nikon
If your Secret Santa is obsessed with microscopy, check out this 2023 wall calendar, which includes 12 months of beautiful images taken with a light microscope.
Plantable calendar 2023 from Plantura
This sounds like such a cool gift for any plant lovers out there! It comes with handy gardening tips and a sheet of plantable seed paper each month.
Plant life support
For those friends who are less green fingered, this automatic plant waterer for indoor plants seems like the perfect solution for keeping their plants thriving and surviving.
Cell-fie mug
You can never have enough mugs, especially mugs with puns and especially mugs with biology-related puns!
Virus gift set from Centre of the Cell
It’s so hard to choose a favorite virus between the nostalgic chicken pox, the common cold or the flu! Take your pick with this gift set including a virus plushie and a set of Virus Trumps cards.
Rose stem section pendent
This necklace truly highlights that science can be art! This beautiful pendent is made from a section of rose stem viewed under a microscope.
Science pins from MINTstudios
This entire Etsy shop is filled with the most adorable gifts perfect for all of the biologists on your shopping list. I’m obsessed with the Axolotl researcher pin – it’s so cute!
Knot Monsters: 20 biology crochet patterns
Do you know someone who has always wanted a Spirillium soft toy? This eBook has so many cute amigurumi crochet patterns, which you can print out and gift, or try your hand at crocheting one to gift!
If you’re looking to go down a gift guide rabbit hole, take a look at our 2021 gift guide and our 2020 gift guide!
