Hairpin Memes

Molecular biologists have dating apps too, they just swipe right on sexy RNA structures! This meme brilliantly combines internet culture's "notices your bulge" flirtatious meme with actual RNA secondary structure diagrams. That little bulge in the RNA hairpin is literally making the molecule go "OwO what's this? <3" - turning hardcore biochemistry into molecular flirtation. Next time you're sequencing, remember: those nucleotides aren't just bonding, they're bonding .