Comments | ebbonygirl: I have me a new lab assistant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ebbonygirl

I have me a new lab assistant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun 29, 2005 20:17

So, as you may or may not remember, I was working on doing research in the lab on fungus last semester. What you may not know is that I never stopped. So despite the fact that summer is here, and I am not officially taking any class (research counts as a class) I am still working with my fungus ( Read more... )

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jaybeda1 June 30 2005, 03:54:30 UTC

Oooooh that sounds fun!!!! That all sounds very exciting and interesting!!!! Whee!!! Yay!!! You gots entertained in the lab! :D

Bug.

Bug bug.

Bug.

:D

jaybeda1 June 30 2005, 04:06:08 UTC

What's 2 and 20 centimeters look like? Like what are they in inches? I'm overstimulated tonight so I'm kinda on this talking rush, what are those? I forgot to ask in previous comment. I like green lights, pretttttty!!!! I wish I could play in the lab with you! It sounds fun and exciting there!!!!

lafox18dooom June 30 2005, 05:52:24 UTC

2-20 centimeters is less than 1-10 inches, i'd say from .8-8, but that is a guess. 2.54 centimeters equals an inch, so that should give you somewhat of an idea.

bugbug ebbonygirl June 30 2005, 15:06:04 UTC

haha, you would have been bored in the lab. But I have fun. With my Funguys and me new lab assistant: bug.

Re: bugbug jaybeda1 June 30 2005, 17:26:03 UTC

I would've been bored? But don't I always make thingies fun?! :D

Yay for new lab assistant, tell him I say hi! :D

jaybeda1 June 30 2005, 04:06:56 UTC

Oh dang and what's that TLC you were talking about?! You're science stuff don't bore me at all! :D

ebbonygirl June 30 2005, 15:05:04 UTC

Thin Layer Chromatography. Um, it's a glass plate with silica gel (think white sand) stuck on one side. You put your sample on the gel side, and put the very edge in a liquid that works it's way up the plate (think of putting the edge of a paper towel in a small puddle of water, and you will see how the water still moves up the paper towel in places of the towel that never touched the water), carrying your sample with it, but carrying each chemical of the sample at a different rate, so you get something like this:

Stop point for liquid
chemical 1

chemical 2
chemical 3

chemical 4

chemical 5
start point
liquid/bottom of plate

The goal that I am aiming for, is to get everything seperated from each other, and have just one chemical per sample that I put on the plate.

And my bug (I assume) left me a big green glowing circle on my plate (ergo that particular test tube is no longer useful to me unless the bug juice has something interesting in it, but with 400ish test tubes, I can sacrifice one or two).

jaybeda1 June 30 2005, 17:27:50 UTC

Wow! That is really cool! You do fun and interestings stuffs! :D