by meghan | May 3, 2021 | High tech
Where do we buy our lab equipment? Small items Most of the small items we use we buy from Prolab Scientific: https://prolabscientific.com/ Petri dishes Parafilm Scalpels and blades Scalpel blade extractors Pharmacy fridges The larger items, we have purchased from... by meghan | Sep 10, 2017 | High tech
The first step is to move a triangle of inoculated agar and lay it on top of the grain. This is done in front of the flow hood. Since we use jars, the agar sticks to the side of the jar. So instead of shaking the agar into the jar, we leave it on top. In this image... by meghan | Aug 26, 2017 | High tech
Soak the grain The first step is to soak the grain. Most of the time, we use organic rye (we purchase from https://grainworks.com/). Rinse the grain at least a couple of times, until the water is clear. We soak the grain for ~6 hours. We know there is lots of... by meghan | Aug 25, 2017 | High tech
We use canning jars for a variety of purposes. Two of those purposes include agar (i.e. Petri replacements) and grain inoculation. When using jars, we usually need to use lids with a small amount of air exchange. We have tried both the metal lids and the plastic lids... by meghan | Aug 25, 2017 | High tech
Agar We are currently using Malt Extract Agar from Seaweed Solution Laboratories on Amazon. We add a bit of sawdust to our agar mixture. The most common amounts we use are ~10g of agar (which is less than what the directions say), a small bit of sawdust and 200ml of...