Run and Tumble

Diary of a bug farmer

Last week was disappointing

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Someone in the previous lab session threw out my plates, so no data on what’s in my kittie’s guts, and if their different diets affect what lives in them. Had to spend most of the lab sitting on my thumbs waiting for another group to finish so I could use their plate.
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First ‘real’ lab, less than fun

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Part of the reason I’m taking a class is to find out how I like the reality of microbiology. It is easy to think of microscopy as pretty simple, especially if you’re only used to dissecting scopes or the 200x deals from middle school science class: Place slide, coarse focus on low magnification, switch [...]