Thursday, July 21, 2011

Pantai Puteri Trip-Part 2

Hello~
(skip this repeat speech if you already saw it in Part1)

I went to Pasir Panjang on the 18th of June for a beach cleaning survey~
It was almost awesome except for the humongous amount of plastics bag and bottles found on the beach

so, rather than focus on the ugly part
i think i would just share some of my photos taken during the trip~

Enjoy everyone


















OK~ that's all for today everyone
stay tune for Part 3 coming right up~~


Good night

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Silica Gel Desiccator


Today, is all about drying

Dry weight a really important measurement of cell especially when you are dealing with analytic science.
As a example, the concentration of specific compound that were present in the cell, or just the measurement of the cell mass itself.

so in order to dry the sample without using a expansive equipment, a glass desiccator would be your choice.

It is basically a glass jar with silica beads inside

The cover can be removed to place your sample into the compartment.

holes that connect your sample to the silica beads chamber.

Silica beads

In this case, someone is drying their sample with this glass jar.


The way of doing this is to basically filter their nutrient broth  to obtained the  cells. The pre-weighted filter paper is then placed into the desiccator for a few days for the water to evaporate.
the paper can then be re-weight to obtain the net weight of the cell.


Thanks for watching everyone, bye~~

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Incubator Oven


HI everyone~
Anyone curious about the "Incucell" in our lab?

Practically, it just like a oven
but a lot more expansive.

It serves the basic purposes of keeping the temperature constant within the oven. This is very important as it creates a nice and healthy environment for the bacteria to grow~



This one was set to 36C, which were suitable for pathogenic bacteria such as E.Coli to growth


Re-calculating~

A Biohazard sign to remind people that bacteria are indeed dangerous and will kill you if not handle properly

so, never life this oven by their handle.
common sense

Now for the interior. a glass windows separated the environment. 



Inside view of the incubator

Some basic specifications

We have one oven reserved for drying glassware, which is tuned at 60 C.  

And another one for media storage. it was tuned at 30C.

OK, everyone, that's all for the incubator.

Will  introduce you guys to the refrigerated oven next time~~


Thanks for watching guys,
Don't forget to share and spread this blog if you really like it~

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Pasir Panjang Trip -Part1

Hello~

I went to Pasir Panjang on the 18th of June for a beach cleaning survey~
It was almost awesome except for the humongous amount of plastics bag and bottles found on the beach

so, rather than focus on the ugly part
i think i would just share some of my photos taken during the trip~

Enjoy everyone






















OK~ that's all for today everyone
stay tune for Part 2 and 3 coming right up~~

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain reaction

Hi, everyone
This is part of the aquatic assignment, please enjoy




Thanks for watching and byez~~

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Reduce, Reuse and RECYCLE

Hello, Everyone

Since i went to spring (is a supermarket) almost 3 times every week
is very hard not to notice these 2 cute "little" recycle bin

1st of all, i was quite happy to see that there are actually people take action in Recycling
i almost give up hope after seeing the river last time.

There are a total of 2 big bin, which collects paper and Plastics.

Recycling bin in Spring Mall

Brown for Plastic

Blue for Paper

Side view~

Another Side view


Conclusion, is delightful to see how happy those bins were

HAHAHA


Please recycle everyone~~
Save the only Earth we Have

Monday, June 13, 2011

Famine 30 Camp in Swinburne

Hello, i know this post was not really related to Biotechnology,
but since it was organised by Swinburne Sarawak Biotechnology Club
i guess is OK to include it here

hope you guys don'd mind

There will be a DIY Famine30 Camp in Swinburne This Year.
It was only open for students and Staff, so please inform if you are interested or just want informations about the event

Yap, you can find everything you need in this Picture below.


Thanks everyone for your attention~