Swinburne Biotechnology Field Trip--Beach Sample collection

Hello everyone~~~~

Last week we went to a hypermarket to learn science 

and now

we are heading to a beach for Sample collection

i know it might sound a but absurd

but yes..this is part of our subject and you might fail for not going~!!!!

Destination: Pasir PanJang

Traveling time: 45minutes from Swinburne

This a roughly were it is located..hmmm
not really a helpful picture  i suppose

try to google youself~~wahaha

Coordinates: 1°41'42"N   110°18'31"E

So, first of all

we had to squeeze into a small bus to reach the destination...science is never an easy job..

Dont worry, this bus is still air conditioned

with the mean temperature of about 30 degree Celsius inside the bus..........

= =

Now for the nice part~~~

my Favorite photo~~~a small plant thriving under shades

A view of the always Famous Pasir panjang

Sometime got stuck inside the sand~~~yap, is a coconut

The Rock~!!!!

And another plant growing in the middle of the beach

Rocky beach~~`mostly a result of volcanic eruption thousand years ago

Resting under a shady trees after a tedious work done~

Feets after sample collection

A last view of Pasir Panjang before we headed back~~~

As always..Lab analysis for Oil digesting and Bio-luminescent bacteria 

Result might be up next week~~stay tune~!

See you next time

BYe~~~~~

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Biotechnology Road Show~!

Light are on and films are rolling

Thats a start for Swinburne road show~!!!

Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Swinburne Sarawak came out with a advertising road show in Spring shopping mall. As always, the school of science were involved.

The basic theme of the show was the technology that were involved in the famous TV series CSI: crime scene investigation.

this involved things like  DNA extraction, and polymerase chain reaction.

the picture below shows the basic setup of the tools needed for THE analysis.

And also, microscopic slide were introduced. a smoker's lung slide and a healthy lung slide were placed to educate the public that it was never a good habit to smoke.

Dissecting microscope ~~basically they have an magnification of .8-3.5x on the objective lens where and 10x magnification on the eye pieces.

Another dissecting microscope with a dead butterfly as the specimen.

The picture below shows a head of a dragon fly.

 Next, we also have an array of colorful transition metal salt for display~

 A few packs of Lanolin for hand cream making~they were wrapped into a candy for easy transportation. 

The lanolin above is then mixed into one of the beakers below and two phases were mixed with a chopstick violently. 

and poof~! that's an home made hand cream

You can actually made these hand-cream if  you had things like paraffin, glycerol and cetyl-alcohol.

just leave a comment if you need the recipe 

and that's hand cream floating on a cloud on a hot pan~

samples to be given as souvenir. 

used beakers~~with left-over hand cream~~

Dry ice were also show in the road show as they attracted a hell lot of people~!

And lastly, a biotech student posting at the stall

can also visit her blog: http://juliahosingfang.blogspot.com/
ok everyone~~bye for now

and hi for next time~!

hope you Enjoy~~~~

Laminar flow work station~

Hello~is me again

todays article gonna be about the famous laminar flow station

A vertical laminar flow workstations are ideal for applications that are not hazardous to the operator but require a clean work area. The compact, light weight design allows for multiple “clean zones” within a laboratory.

The vertical laminar flow workstation provides clean Class 100 laminar flow air for process protection by using a two stage filtration process. Room air is first cleaned with an electrostatically charged prefilter and then further cleaned with a HEPA filter. AirClean Systems vertical laminar flow workstations have been independently certified to meet or exceed applicable clean bench standards.(credits to air-clean system)

1st of all~an overview of a Ultra pure grade SDS 10%

with the laminar flow as our background...

A photo of SDS and laminar flow~i heard that once SDS killed  laminar flow's father..shhh

Gelman class 100 series laminar flow~just in case, gelman is the brand, not a person covered in gel 

The is also a laminar flow from a view of a 5 years old child~

Obviously, this laminar flow need power to run~and i have no idea why it needs this

Control panel for fan control, UV, and misc

shinny interior~~

UV tube within the laminar flow

hmmm, what does this do?

please tell me what is this someone~and stand a chance to win a trip to swinburne~~~!!

wahaha...jk

see you next time bye~~~

Micro pipettes ~

 Hello~~everyone

today tour is about micro pipette~

Pipettes are used to accurately measure and dispense small volumes of liquid. The capacity of a micro pipette can range from less than 1µl to 1000µl (1ml), while macro pipettes can measure volumes greater than 1ml.

 and

Today is all about Micro pipettes~~

 

A array of Micro pipettes ranging from 10 to 1000uL



From right: 10uL, 100uL and 1000uL pipettes, actually they was suppose to be a stand that holds all this pipettes, but this photo was taken at night, and i don't wish to wake them up~

so i just shoot while they were lying down

1000uL micro pipettes

It has a working volume of 100~1000uL, as stated on the top of the pipettes

shhhhhhh.......don't wake them~!!!! they spill acid at you when they wake up

 

100uL Micro pipettes

As above this pipettes is capable of taking a volume from 10~100uL

1000uL pipette tips

So this is the tips of the 1000uL pipettes~it is usually disposable, and the different in height here is caused by the mixing of different brands~~

and this is another box of pipette tips~also used for 1000uL micro pipettes

(and yes~all large one uses blue color as they represent the large ocean,, i do not made this story up, Brandon told me about it)

Pipette tips for 100uL micro pipettes

AND the yellow one here is used for 100uL pipettes~with a yellow representing the land

so now ~~since the working volume of a blue pipettes is from 100-1000uL

how does it actually works?

easy~just turn the nob above to the a value you desire~

but make it as gentle as possible~they are high fragile and if you really hurt them

they would pee themselves and we all will be in trouble

so now~this one is in 1001uL~~

(which turning a value above 1000  is not recommended, this is just a demonstration. i am not gonna use this pipette at this volume)

Brandon forced me to do this also~!!!

so by turning the nob~~i changes the value to 963uL~~

amazing right?

ok now really..

and next is the yellow pipettes～～which i had change the volume from 100uL to 80uL

OK~that's all for today

and that brandon is the stupid ninja in my last post~

hope you don't kill him

he hasn't been trained

Safety features in the lAb

Scientific lab, is a highly Hazardous.

Thats why, lots of safety features are equipped to protect us from any accident.

1st of all, a large and yellowish bio-hazard sign~just to tell people that you had enter a place of no return. 

and of cause, to scare off politician

A friendly reminder to order people that labcoat, covered shoes and safety glasses is needed in the lab 

AT ALL TIME 

some tips~~~

ok~no food and drink

and i dont think anyone would wanna eat or drink in that kind of environment...

some tissue to wipe up spilled chemical, and a instant hand sanitizer which is not really useful

we always prefer water and soap

a fire blanket for any fire that intent to stay over night at the lab

just to keep them comfy

A fire extinguisher that would chase off any fire that are not willing to pay the hotel fees

A whole body shower. This allow people to wash themselves instantly right after breakfast

we are after all, a 5 star lab

ok~just kidding, this is just for rinsing when acid is spilled on your friend.

seriously, i am no idea what is this

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A fire tap just in case someone is playing with fire~~

and lots of pipeline for putting off fire~~(at least some of them..)

they are actually nitrogen pipes, compress air pipes and liquid butane pipes here

thats all for today folks

have a nice day