Lab equipment for heating, cooling, and incubating – what’s what and which to use when
A lot of the experiments we do require us to “incubate” things – keep things at constant, specific, temperatures (sometimes […]
Time- and thumb-saving lab tips
My thumbs got weary just seeing the experiments I planned out for today – lots of serial dilution-ing – thank […]
Biochemical Blenders
Biochemical Blenders Today in #EquippedToExperiment (series where I take you on a tour of my #biochemistry “lab 🏡” (link 2 […]
Familiar Furnishings
Some of the “furniture” & “appliances” I’ve shown you/will show you through #EquippedToExperiment may seem foreign, but there are many […]
Picking Pipettes
Getting from tube A to tube B (the Biochemistry Transit System 🤓🙃) Probably ~90% of what my #lifeinthelab entails is […]
Technical Tupperware
In the last #EquippedToExperiment subthread, I showed you some of our glassware, now for a tour of our not-so-glass-ware. Here’s […]
Glassware Glossary
Instead of vases and jars, biochemists use Erlenmeyer flasks and Pyrex bottles (in lots of different sizes). Here's a 👀 […]
Hemoglobin E: What’s the biochemistr-E?
Hemoglobin E: What's the biochemistr-E? Hemoglobin E (HbE) is an abnormal form of the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin that can cause […]
The Bumbling Biochemist Begins
The Bumbling Biochemist Begins – All superheroes have an origin story, but most are more exciting than her’s I didn’t […]
The Hershey-Chase Experiment
The Hershey-Chase Experiment: A woman, a man, and a blender Chasing down the makeup of genes. Nowadays, many of us […]
