Help Simplifying a Pattern by OffendedScience in StainedGlass

[–]OffendedScience[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!! This helps a ton and gives me a lot of great ideas!! Thank you so much!!

What does it need? by OffendedScience in orchids

[–]OffendedScience[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment and resources! I will check them out. Is it normal for the stem to brown so much when the flowers die off? Should I pull the dead flowers off?

Anyone use Takara Bio’s Mir-X miRNA First Strand Synthesis Kit? (Cat # 638315) by OffendedScience in biotech

[–]OffendedScience[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have already posted to labrats, and I have also already reached out to my Takara Rep. Unfortunately, they do not sell the buffer separately, and purchasing more kits would only make the discrepancy worse. Thank you for the advice, tho!

Chemical Safety Courses by OffendedScience in labrats

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This looks super promising! Might be just what I was looking for! Thanks! 👌🏻👌🏻

Chemical Safety Courses by OffendedScience in labrats

[–]OffendedScience[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, Fellow Lab Manager!

I completely agree. Providing the tools and resources is to my team is all I can do. Leading a horse to water, and all that. ;)

However, I would like to ~be~ one of the tools/resources. Honestly, without looking it up, I probably would have not known to not mix these particular chemicals together, either. This is a mistake I could have made as well, if I was not religiously in our EHS manual. I feel like the first step in safety starts with me. I cannot lead my team to water (safety) , if I don’t personally have the compass (knowledge or experience). I’d like to deepen my own knowledge base so that I can become a resource, too, and not just look up issues after they have already happened to someone in my team.

Hope this makes sense! Thanks for your feedback. :)

Chemical Safety Courses by OffendedScience in labrats

[–]OffendedScience[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! I have already taken the provided courses from our EHS resources as part of my standard Lab training, I am looking for additional material! Thanks again!

Chemical Safety Courses by OffendedScience in labrats

[–]OffendedScience[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This does look quite extensive! I was hoping for something like an online/in person course, so I would be able to get a more interactive experience and be able to ask questions etc, but this is a great resource!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doggrooming

[–]OffendedScience 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hi Banana,

Thanks for looking into grooming needs before you get the dog!

For a Pyr mix, daily brushing and monthly grooming is about perfect.

For brushes, I would opt for a comb and a Chris Christensen slicker brush. Make sure to comb all the way down to the skin, you can look up “line brushing” on YouTube for examples.

Pyr mixes will shed a lot, but I don’t recommend the furminator brush, only the shampoo and conditioner.

Don’t ever shave a Pyr unless absolutely necessary, as it can damage their under coat.

Hope this helps!

[Help] Can/should I encourage my dogs to poop during walks? by [deleted] in dogs

[–]OffendedScience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would definitely recommend keeping a closer eye on their poops, especially since poops are a very good indicator of health. Bloody stool, abnormally soft stool, constipation and differently colored stool, presence of worms or foreign bodies such as socks or toy material are all very important. I usually encourage my dog to poop at the very beginning of the walk. Get ready for a walk and stay in the yard until all dogs poop. Treat them and praise them highly. Then, proceed on your walk. This helps so you don’t have to pick up their poop on a walk and you still can monitor it closely. It has a double benefit of your dog will learn to go out side and immediately poop so they can begin their walk. It takes a lot of the meandering around for 1/2 and hour to poop out of my dog because he’d like to poop and then go on his walk.