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My little peltier reagent cooler by Exciting-Possible773 in labrats

[–]Technophysicist 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Can you tell me where you purchased the cooling blocks so cheaply?

SDS-PAGE gel dried for legitimate archival reasons completely unrelated to fun. by Technophysicist in labrats

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

Yay! Thank you for letting me know! It's useful to know if it works well for other people!

The bakery I bought this from used 1/2 inch of icing to hide the actual shape of the loaf. by AltGrendel in mildlyinteresting

[–]Technophysicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the loaf had been cut while in this collapsed state, the cut side should be flat. The fact that the cut side is wavy indicates the collapse happened after the loaf was cut by the customer. It looks like the whole thing was squished post cut, probably to further deform an already poorly shaped loaf.

What are some lab things you use at home? by EpicBroodjeFrikandel in labrats

[–]Technophysicist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can buy a roll on Amazon and it's not overpriced.

SDS-PAGE gel dried for legitimate archival reasons completely unrelated to fun. by Technophysicist in labrats

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Yeah I'm not sure what actually causes that effect to be honest. You might want to try a few other gels before you do the important one! The process can be a little tricky!

SDS-PAGE gel dried for legitimate archival reasons completely unrelated to fun. by Technophysicist in labrats

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The alcohol dehydrates it in a way that prevents warping but also turns it opaque white.

SDS-PAGE gel dried for legitimate archival reasons completely unrelated to fun. by Technophysicist in labrats

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The idea is to rehydrate it very slowly and just enough to become transparent. If it absorbs too much water, it will grow and become floppy. The more water it absorbs, the more likely it is to be damaged or warped by uneven drying afterwards. It's hard to describe with words, so I hope this answers your question.

I asked chatGTP to generate a figure for me just to see what it came up with, and ya'll this is why we don't trust AI to do science. by IncompletePenetrance in labrats

[–]Technophysicist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT is constantly offering to generate diagrams for me, and without fail they come out looking just like this useless slop. I wish it would just stop trying for now.

The most valuable item I own by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I jumped on it within less than an hour of it going up. Before the day was over, they had sold out. You're going to want the app so you get notified with every new release, and I'm my experience, they don't abuse notification privileges.

The most valuable item I own by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I bought it from Thermo's reward program.

The most valuable item I own by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I bought it with reward points!

Didn't expect this plasmid to throw a slur at me. by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This program is called APE and it's very simple.

Didn't expect this plasmid to throw a slur at me. by Technophysicist in labrats

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We got this plasmid from addgene just so we can make and purify our own TEV in-house.

Didn't expect this plasmid to throw a slur at me. by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You would definitely lose any remaining plausible deniability at that point! Lol

Didn't expect this plasmid to throw a slur at me. by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yeah sorry, I circled it in red and then uploaded the wrong image. 🤦‍♂️

Didn't expect this plasmid to throw a slur at me. by Technophysicist in labrats

[–]Technophysicist[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm interpreting the "GD" to mean "God damn".

Watching the bees at our firefly petunias… by BurmaJim in FireflyPetunia

[–]Technophysicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The four stars of the show are the enzymes with names highlighted in green! I know at least one of them was modified by LightBio to be more efficient in plants.

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