Welcome to the blog of team Scrubs: Alexandra and Amy.
Today we practiced micro-pipetting. There are 4 types of micro-pipettes that we used: P 0.5-10, P 2-20, P 20-200, and P 100-1000.
P 100-1000, P 2-20, P 20-200:
P 0.5-10:
We first practiced on colored water to make sure that we were ready for the real experiment we were about to do.
This is what our sheet looked like:
We used disposable tips to make sure there was no contamination.
YAY! COLORS:)
We did a mini lab where we put the color on the side of the tube to practice our skills.
Then we moved on to the real experiment!!
Enjoy the movie below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is a closer picture of the diagram of the cell we were genetically modifying:
