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Successfully dealt with phenol and sulfuric acid.

#safetyfirst carcinogens inthenameofscience booyaa

Can you name this pretty solution?

#pretty chemicals #pretty colours #starts with a nickel #ends with a sulfate #chemistry #biology #science #solutions #weadgelab

MSRB Plates: The Most Fun A Girl Can Have With Semi-solid Media

#MSRB #plates #microbiology #weadgelab #science #media

Gel-preserving fun!

#sideways #technologically challenged #gel electrophoresis #SDS-PAGE #drying #biology #molecular biology

Who says science can't be super duper fun???? Using a 3d printer is AWESOME! We made custom gel combs for an assay.

#3dprinter #rombasaurusrex #sciencefun #gelcomb #overlydramaticmusic #molecular biology #biochem #microbiology #biotech #SCIENCE

Reducing sugar assay in action! (Sorry about the beeping! That was the timer to stop the boiling, but had to get a quick clip of them boiling away!)

#dinitrosalicylicacid #boilingwater #scienceexperiment

Setting up and performing a reducing sugar assay (using 3,6-dinitrosalicylic acid). Can you spot the colour change?

#sugar #dinitrosalicylicacid #prettycolours #enzyme assay #molecular biology #science

We teamed up with the Long Lab for some Drosophila melanogastar and Pseudomonas aeruginosa fun.

#biofilm #serialdilutionist #fruit flies #microbiology #molecular biology #genetics #ecology

fun with fridge magnets anyone?

#science #magnets #fridge magnets #weadgelab #weadgies

reorg'd the microbe-space, Weadgie style

#once a Weadgie #always a Weadgie #microbioloy #science #weadgelab

dry ice fun

#science #weadgelab #dry ice

E. coli and Salmonella isolates on Congo Red plates! The plates tell us if the isolates are expressing cellulose and curli (a protein). Pink colonies mean cellulose is present, red is curli and cellulose, brown is curli and white is neither component. This plate has all the colours! Very exciting.

#science #cellulose weadgelab curli microbiology bacteria congored