tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post7587137195523826917..comments2024-02-25T04:18:47.632-06:00Comments on Homebrew and Chemistry: We've all been thereChemgeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-57453458569674806992008-06-03T07:46:00.000-06:002008-06-03T07:46:00.000-06:00If this were my project, I would have purchased th...If this were my project, I would have purchased the ConA from Aldrich and stapled the receipt in my lab book.joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216952548496885251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-7121516138298524532008-05-06T17:51:00.000-06:002008-05-06T17:51:00.000-06:00Recently I left some crude product sitting around ...Recently I left some crude product sitting around for about a week. (In my defense, I was really sick.) When I came back, I still had the stuff I intended to make...but also some other crap that was, most unfortunately, inseparable. <BR/>Sometimes it's the project, and sometimes it's the chemist. The nice thing about working in an analytical lab is that you ALWAYS assume it's the instrument'sΨ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089754859676425655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-11871587474004537992008-05-06T14:30:00.000-06:002008-05-06T14:30:00.000-06:00If it will help her self-esteem at all...I have a ...If it will help her self-esteem at all...I have a master's degree and 5+ years of experience in the organic lab, and I crap in my flask about once a month.<BR/><BR/>More often, if I have to rely on others for starting material, but don't tell her that part.MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-3852332660404659392008-05-06T08:55:00.000-06:002008-05-06T08:55:00.000-06:00Students will break things. Guaranteed. The import...Students will break things. Guaranteed. The important thing as a PI or lab teacher is to not break their spirit. There is a big difference between a student who screws around or does not listen to advice and the one who puts in an honest and conscientious effort and still breaks stuff. The latter is forgivable, the former is intolerable.Chemgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-41128384537602451352008-05-05T23:40:00.000-06:002008-05-05T23:40:00.000-06:00I really feel for her, I am also an undergrad doin...I really feel for her, I am also an undergrad doing research. In my head multiplied 5 x 6 to 35, and put way to much MgSO4 in the fungi media I was making. I didn't notice the error till a couple steps later. There went a couple days work (in prepping other parts of the medium) and about 1200 dollars. It was most certainly a very bad day.<BR/>I am still working on the project and haven't madeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com