#cell culture lab equipment

[kimberlabnics]

photo contact tachometer

Labnics photo contact tachometer is a device used to measure the rotational speed of an object by physically contacting it. It has a probe or sensor that makes physical contact with the rotating object's surface.

[deniselabmate]

Polyoxymethylene Embedding Cassette

A Polyoxymethylene Embedding Cassette, also known as a POM embedding cassette, is a specialized tool used in histology and pathology laboratories for the processing and embedding of tissue samples. These cassettes are typically rectangular or square-shaped containers made from polyoxymethylene, a durable and chemically resistant thermoplastic material

[courtofparrots]

A list of equipment in Luis Serra's lab and what he might use them for

My beloved mutual @geddy-leesbian put in a ton of effort and got these incredibly detailed screenshots of Luis's island lab, featured in this post, and I thought I would follow that up by comparing what he uses to what I use in my own lab. This was fun for me to do and I also thought it could be used as a resource for any writers that aren't as familiar with Luis's profession.

(for context if you don't know me, I am a microbiologist, bacterial geneticist if you want to be specific. I'll be earning my PhD hopefully this year, and I have been studying biology for 10 years, and actively working in various labs for 7)

Obviously this is a science fiction video game, so while I may be a scientist, I am still using some level of guesswork! This is just meant to be a fun little thing for my fellow resi nerds.

1. Liquid Nitrogen tank

These are used for flash-freezing biological samples for long-term storage. In the context of Luis’s research, he might flash-freeze plaga cells or dead plaga bodies in order to store them (typically at -80 Celsius) without them decaying or being damaged

2. Microcentrifuge

This is a veryyyyy common piece of equipment. You use them to spin samples so you can collect cells out of suspension. It’s like how they spin blood to separate it from plasma at blood donation centers

3. Light microscope

I’m sure everyone recognizes this one but still wanted to add the picture from my lab because I appreciate how detailed and accurate his equipment is

4. Shaking incubator

Used to grow tubes of cells! They are typically kept at 37C (body temperature) and they shake at like 200rpm to keep oxygen flowing through the culture so they stay healthy. You would do this to grow samples of whatever organism you desired so you could run experiments on it the next day (we call it making overnights or overnight cultures).

5. Maybe an anaerobic chamber?

These are slightly less common pieces of lab equipment so I was surprised to see it! We have one in our lab because we do some work on gut-dwelling bacteria that have to be grown without oxygen. As you can see, ours looks a little different so it might have some different uses, but generally the little cube on the right side is where you would place a sample (it’s an airlock) and then transfer it into the chamber. Seeing as Luis has it, I’m thinking maybe las plagas might need to be grown anaerobically at certain stages, I’d guess in early life when it’s really dependent on being in the human body.

I've got some other pictures to compare that I'll also be posting about in the coming days, about things like chemical management plus some other weird equipment things Luis has, but in the meantime if you have specific questions feel free to DM me! I hope this is helpful!

[iri-2]

I Love You Like That

Rating: Not Rated Category: F/F Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) Relationships: Mother Miranda/Reader Characters: Mother Miranda, Karl Heisenberg, Salvatore Moreau, Eva

Summary: As a scientist in The Connections, you and Miranda work together in a laboratory. Over time, you develop feelings for this somewhat harsh but seemingly vulnerable woman. One day, she "takes" you to her hometown.

You find yourself falling for Miranda.

A few months ago, she was just a somewhat sharp-tongued colleague who had recently joined. You don't know why you are attracted to her and trap so deeply.

"I think I might have some feelings for you, Miranda." Your fingers tightly gripping the edge of the notepad.

Miranda's scalpel pauses on the corpse. "Why?"

Why?

How would you know? Most of the time, she doesn't seem that friendly towards you. Until recently.

"Lab romances aren't a good idea. Shouldn’t we just focus on researching the combination of the E-type fungus and cadou?" Miranda rejects you directly.

"I knew I shouldn't have told you, you’re too cold to everything." you mutter, the tip of the pen you're holding trembling on the experiment log, leaving messy ink stains.

Several months ago, the leader of The Connections suddenly announced with excitement that they had found a scientist to join the project you were working on.

As the team's most outstanding researcher, you were assigned to the same laboratory as this scientist, in Romania.

Passing through the purification facility at the entrance, you enter the room. You see a woman already dressed in full lab attire, examining a small piece of tissue under a microscope.

"So, you're THE best researcher? You're here REALLY early," the dark-haired woman says.

"You must be Dr. Miranda? I firmly believe that I arrived on time." You try to ignore the unfriendly sharpness in her tone. This new scientist seems to have no understanding of interpersonal communication.

"In my sense of time, you are late." She doesn't lift her head from the eyepiece.

That’s quite rude.

"Okay, first, you’re new. Second, I’m on time. Third, I hope we can get along well at work," you put on your lab coat.

She takes off the slide and finally wants to take a look at you. "That'll take a while."

… For the sake of the experiment's progress, you silently endure her occasional criticism.

She’s mean all the time. She even uses you as her assistant, handing you the used experimental equipment for cleaning.

"For a hundred times, I'm NOT your assistant! I’m a scientist as you." You can't bear it anymore.

She shrugs her shoulders and remains silent.

… One day, she directs her accusations at you again.

"Did you touch my culture dish?" Miranda accuses you without any evidence.

"Why would I touch your culture dish?" you respond, feeling puzzled.

"It's just the two of us here. If it's not me, it must be you. No one else can come in."

"So, you blame me when your experiment doesn't go well?" You're annoyed.

Every time she starts an experiment with anticipation, but after a failure, she becomes unusually desperate.

Her blue eyes dim a bit, and the wrinkles at the corners deepen.

"Sorry." You hear her say the word for the first time.

She looks vulnerable. She has never revealed to you the purpose of her research. However. every time the experiment fails, the gloom in her eyes deepens a bit. She doesn't seem to have only seen biochemical experiments when she looks at the tissues and cells. When the experiment fails, she seems to have lost her most precious thing.

"It's okay," your anger subsides slightly.

In the next few days, Miranda's accusations against you seem to decrease. Once, while testing the biological activity of one kind of cadou, you were about to cut a small piece when Miranda suddenly stopped the next move of your scalpel.

"Put this on." She hands you safety goggles.

You put on the goggles, and soon you understand why.

This type of cadou sprays green slime when stimulated, splattering on your goggles and mask, and it smells awful.

"Well, thanks, Miranda."

"No problem." Miranda says gently.

In the following weeks, she finally treats you completely as a colleague. Sometimes she will leave some very clean culture dishes and test tubes by your side. Once she suddenly appears behind you, tidying up the collar of the lab suit you hastily put on in the morning, and then goes to do her experiment as if nothing has happened.

You have become accustomed to her harshness towards you, and recently her tenderness and concern for you have made you start to worry about her situation. What makes this woman who always uses ridicule and condescension to communicate with others like this? And what makes her depart from her normal behavior?

Sometimes when you observe your chemical reaction, you feel someone looking at you from behind. When you turn around, you only see Miranda writing the experimental report seriously.

… You shouldn't have started caring about her. This has kept your gaze on her for too long, so long that you realize you have fallen in love with her.

But out of professionalism - or more importantly, you still think Miranda will treat you with her cold attitude, just like she has built a defense line in her heart, making your heart break, so you just hold your feelings.

… Six months later, when you place the cells you cultivated under the microscope, you witness unprecedented success.

"Miranda! Come here!" you wave for Miranda to come over.

She observes the cell activity under the microscope.

"These are cells I cultivated with an entirely new serum," you say with joy in your tone.

"Eva…" Miranda murmurs.

"Our project has finally made a breakthrough." You write something in your experiment log.

Miranda looks up, muscles twitching on her face, as if suppressing ecstasy. "You’re better than I thought."

"Let’s just pretend I didn't mention this," you place the notebook on the desk. You regret your impulsiveness. What were you thinking?

Miranda holds the equally cold surgical knife in her cold hand and hovers over the body for a while before continuing with the dissection.

Miranda doesn't speak much that day. At the end of the work, she takes off her lab uniform and speaks to you as if she has made up her mind, "I didn't tell you and most people about my research purpose because people would think I was crazy and that I just needed to find a psychologist,"she continues,"I want you to know my purpose."

"But this is a surprise, and you might not like it."she adds.

"Try me," as someone who has just been rejected, you speak weakly.

Miranda takes a step towards you, and you see her hand getting closer to you, then it lands on your face.

And then you plunge into darkness.

"Wake up, wake up." You hear Miranda calling your name.

"What?" You open your eyes and find yourself leaning on her.

She sees you awake, coughs awkwardly, straightens your body, and steps away from you.

"Is this your idea of a 'surprise'? The best I could think of was that you blindfolded me and took me somewhere, not something resembling a kidnapping." You're a bit annoyed and confused,"How did you make me faint that quick?"

"I did say you might not like it," Miranda avoids your question.

"Where did you bring me?" You glance around, it looks like a vineyard.

"My hometown," she replies.

Miranda guides you out of the vineyard and onto the road.

The houses around are very low, the highest looking like it has only two floors. Some houses have adjacent livestock sheds with pigs and chicks.

The villagers here wear clothes from the last century, some grinding flour, others rolling hay. They stop their activities in surprise when you pass by, and when they see Miranda beside you, surprise turns to fear. They quickly return to their work.

"Don't be surprised, they rarely see outsiders, so they react like that," Miranda calmly explains to you.

"But they seem scared of you," you turn to Miranda.

"Probably because I look different from usual. This village is conservative, and they're not used to new things," Miranda tries to explain.

What is she like usually? Does she wear the same clothes as the villagers? You rarely see Miranda in anything other than a lab coat, and today she wears a simple solid-color cardigan. You can't help but imagine Miranda wearing the villagers' clothes.

"Why don't they go to the outside world?" you mutter.

As you go further, people become scarce until you enter a field where there's no sign of villagers.

"We're here," Miranda leads you to a house.

This house is built against the mountainside, away from the village center.

She opens the door and enters with you. The furnishings inside the house match the vintage theme of the village.

"Is this where you live?" you ask.

"Yes, not used to it?" she gazes at you.

"I just didn't expect someone like you to be so unmodernized," you murmur.

"Come see my lab." She ignores your sarcasm.

"You also have a laboratory here?" The size of this house doesn't look like it can accommodate a laboratory.

She opens a door deep inside the house, leading to a bedroom.

"Well…?"

She goes to a corner and pulls down a switch.

There's a click, and the blank wall in front of you starts moving to the sides, revealing a laboratory still marked by the passage of time.

"I see. But why do you hide the lab?"When you think this woman is strange enough, she still has surprises waiting for you.

She gestures for you to enter her laboratory. A damaged wooden table is scattered with various books and a few black-and-white photos.

You see a photo of a dark haired woman holding a little baby. "Is this you?"

"Yes."You never see her this emotional before, her blue eyes slightly dimming.

"This child…"

"She was my daughter."Miranda's voice carries endless sorrow. "She died when she was ten."

"Oh, I’m sorry, Miranda." You look at her, your voice softens.

"That's why I'm researching the Megamycete; I want to bring Eva back." Miranda's hand holds your arm.

"That's why when your experiment failed, you were like a soul being pulled out of your body?" You feel the coldness of her hand. Has she always been this cold? "I believe you can succeed, our research is progressing well."

Her blue eyes have returned to their original state, looking at you with immense tenderness. "You've helped me a lot. Thank you." She seems to find it awkward to say such things. She lets go of your arm, her cheeks slightly flushed.

She appears so fragile.

"You know, you can tell me directly in our laboratory." You don't think she needs to use "kidnapping" to take you to this village surrounded by deep mountains to tell you this.

"There are still some things that I will let you know here," she doesn't think she does this with great fanfare.

Miranda insists you stay overnight in her bedroom.

"Where will you sleep?"

"I'll rest on the couch." Miranda is about to sit down.

"Miranda?" You call her from the bedside.

"Hmm?"

"I'd like to hear Eva's story."

Miranda freezes in her movements, then stands up and says, "Not many people ask about her."

"If it makes you uncomfortable, you don't have to force it." You see sadness engulfing her again.

"It's okay, I don't mind talking about her." She slowly walks towards you and sits beside you.

"Eva was born in August. I remember it was a hot day, and giving birth to that little one exhausted me." Miranda's gaze focuses in the distance as she smiles.

"Her eyes were blue…"

"Like her mother."

She looks at you gently. "Yes, just like me."

"She was the smartest among her peers, learned things quickly. She got along well with other kids, everyone wanted to be friends with her." Miranda speaks softly.

"She even learned carving from the village carpenter. One day, she excitedly ran home, holding something in her hands, shouting, 'Mom! Look at what I made today!' She raised a wood carving in front of me, which was in the shape of a goat. The head and body were divided into two parts and pieced together. I held little Eva in my arms and praised her for doing so well. She was thrilled."

A wood carving of goat? You seem to have seen something similar in the village.

"She used to visit various houses in the village every day, helping them with chores. She was so energetic." Happiness surrounds Miranda as she speaks.

You listen attentively to her storytelling. This is the most time Miranda talks, maybe too much.

After that, it's not your fault. The day-to-day research makes you sleep very little. In Miranda's gentle voice, it feels like listening to a bedtime story, and you grow sleepy.

Your head tilts to the side, hands on your stomach, breathing steady.

Miranda lifts you gently from the bedside, letting you lie down on the bed. She covers you with a blanket, arranges the pillow, and sits by your side, watching you sleep peacefully.

Lab romances? Sounds fun.

You wake up from Miranda's blanket, and the scent of her woody perfume lingers in the air. Getting off the bed, you walk to the kitchen.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty." Miranda sits at the dining table.

"Good morning." You lazily reply.

"Your breakfast." She points to the apple pie and fried egg on the table.

"What about you?" You look at the complete apple pie and ask her.

"I've already eaten." She picks up her tea and takes a sip.

"Any plans for today?" You cut a piece of the fried egg and put it in your mouth.

"We're going to Heisenberg's factory."

"Heisenberg's factory?" You question.

"Yes, Karl Heisenberg is my… assistant. He's advanced in bioelectric research."

"Oh, you have 'assistants' here too? I thought I was the only one of yours." You tease her.

"They are indeed my assistants, but you you're different." She awkwardly coughs.

You feel a bit pleased that you successfully teased Miranda.

"Have your breakfast now, we'll head to the factory. It's located outside the village, a bit far." Miranda gestures towards your breakfast.

"Why not 'kidnap' me there? Seems quicker." You take a bite of the apple pie.

"I could, but I prefer you to walk there with me consciously." Miranda finishes her tea.

"What do you mean by 'I could'?"

"Eat your breakfast."

Miranda and you walk on an ancient bridge. In the village, you still feel the strange gazes of the villagers, but after Miranda glares at them, they dare not stare at you anymore.

"Miranda?" You tilt your head to look at her.

"What's wrong?" Miranda softly responds.

"Why do I feel like the villagers are afraid of you?" You ask her.

"We'll talk about it later." Miranda doesn't want to say more.

Outside Heisenberg's factory, wild grasses are overgrown, and abandoned metal parts are scattered in the bushes.

As if predicting your arrival, the factory gate slowly opens, revealing a man standing at the entrance.

He wears a dirty light green trench coat with a tattered wide brim fedora, but his sunglasses are polished to a shine.

"Ah, Miranda, you're here. Welcome." The man opens his arms to welcome you.

"Heisenberg, this is my colleague." Miranda informs him of your name.

"Hello, Miranda said I should show you how bioelectricity works." Heisenberg produces a cigar from behind his back.

"Thank you, Mr. Heisenberg."

In his workshop, you see various large instruments emitting orange lights, indicating their operation. They are quite different from the precise instruments you are familiar with in your laboratory.

You swear you hear a hissing sound coming from some tightly closed doors.

Heisenberg leads you and Miranda into a dimly lit room with many surgical tables. On them lie many gray-skinned… people?

"These are my experimental results." Heisenberg proudly says. You can see excitement gleaming behind his sunglasses.

"Are these people?" You point to one with an iron drill replacing its arm.

"They used to be. Don't worry, I only experiment on them after they've passed away. They've been implanted with Cadou, and with some electric stimulation, they’ll 'come alive'."

Like Galvani's frog experiment?

"Although the electricity used now is external, in ongoing research, I've enabled them to gradually activate their own neural potentials, making them have life activities, just like a resurrection." Heisenberg explains.

Your understanding of bioelectricity is limited, but you listen to Heisenberg's enthusiastic explanations, occasionally nodding along.

"Perhaps this can help with your research?" Heisenberg finishes his grand speech and hands you a development notebook.

"Thank you, Mr. Heisenberg."

"Call me Karl." Heisenberg corrects.

You filter out his self-praise in the report, summarize the key points about the experiment in your head.

Heisenberg finishes his cigar, casually tossing it on the ground and extinguishing it with his boot. Taking a step forward, he places his hand on your shoulder — the glove he wears is oily, much like the messy strands of his long gray hair.

"I believe Miranda wouldn't choose the wrong person. She never used to wander around the village with outsiders." He gives you a positive look.

Your gaze shifts to Miranda, who is staring at your shoulder. "HEISENBERG! I appreciate your help today, but it's getting late. We should go."

"But it's only noon. Don't you want to stay for lunch or something?" Heisenberg asks you with a smile.

"No need. We have other things to do. You should focus on your own tasks," Miranda immediately rejects him.

"Alright, suit yourselves." Heisenberg walks towards his workbench, starting to clean a metal hammer.

"What else do we have to do?" You ask Miranda as the factory gate behind you automatically closes.

"We're going to the reservoir."

"The reservoir? I guess it's not for some leisurely fishing."

"No, just taking a walk."

"So, this is the 'other things' you mentioned. Sounds important," your tone carries a hint of mockery.

Miranda purses her lips. "It's important to me. Perhaps to Moreau as well."

"Moreau?" A new name.

"He's another assistant of mine, living near the reservoir. We can pay him a visit."

You follow Miranda towards the windmill. Does Moreau live in a windmill? That’s so weird.

Miranda leads you into an elevator, descending into a cave-like area.

Wow, this guy lives in a place even more unusual than Heisenberg.

You hear the sound of someone vomiting.

You see Miranda frown.

Sounds emanate from a small house in the cave, like a comedy show. You hear an odd laughter, followed by chewing noises.

Miranda knocks on the door.

A peculiar-looking guy opens the door.

"Mother!"

You see Miranda shoot him a fierce look.

Mother?

"Oh, no Moth… Mo… Mi… Miranda, you came! Moreau welcomes you to my reservoir! Y…You brought a newcomer." This hunched-over guy speaks with a strange voice, containing a gurgling element, reminiscent of fish blowing bubbles.

After the door is fully open, you see his face clearly under the indoor lights. Wow, his features seem… really bizarre. His eyes are swollen, half-closed, his nose is short, and below, his mouth is wide open, with teeth seemingly having a mind of their own, growing in various directions.

Oh, God bless him.

He acts unusually excited, his skinny arms trembling. He invites you into his house. Miranda looks somewhat reluctant, but she follows you inside.

"Miranda, you're actually here to see me. You rarely visit me!" He's excited like a child, reaching out to you. "And you brought a newcomer!"

"Salvatore, stop. She's my colleague, here to help me with experiments. We just came from Heisenberg's place. We need some data on Cadou." Miranda halts Moreau's action.

"W…Wait for me here. I'll fetch the experimental data right away." Moreau rushes into the inner room and comes out with a stack of documents.

Miranda takes the documents and hands them to you. You carefully avoid touching the suspicious green marks on top and put them into your backpack.

Miranda seems ready to leave, and so do you.

"Miranda! Newcomer! Stay for lunch with me." The person with a strange appearance shouts.

"No, thanks, Moreau." Miranda replies coldly.

Moreau leans forward and grabs something. You follow Miranda and turn around, seeing Moreau holding onto the corner of Miranda's cardigan hem, hunches his back, appearing so small and weak.

"Fine. I can accompany you for a while. Let go." Miranda pulls out the hem from his hand, speaking extremely reluctantly, "No lunch."

She looks at you inquiringly. You nod.

"Just one episode, just one episode like always," Miranda tells him.

Moreau tries to jump up excitedly, completely unaware of the stiffness in Miranda's tone. He continues playing his comedy and starts chewing on the cheese on the plate.

You and Miranda sit side by side on the stools behind Moreau, facing the TV. The comedy is amusing, Moreau giggles, and at one point, he accidentally chokes on the cheese, producing a loud cough. Miranda sits straight, showing no reaction to the comedy.

Is this cave well-ventilated? Why do you smell such a strong fishy odor?

You frown in disgust, praying for this episode to end quickly so you can leave this damp and gloomy place.

The unpleasant smell allows you to catch a faint fragrance from Miranda, like her blanket, woody and pleasant — something you like.

After another ten minutes, the fishy smell intensifies. Unable to bear it any longer, you start moving closer to Miranda, attempting to use her scent to mask the fishy odor.

The fishy smell is really strong, and your face is almost buried in her neck. When your nose brushes against her skin, she slightly recoils.

Miranda speaks.

"Moreau, control yourself."

"Mo… Miranda, I didn't mean to!" Moreau immediately apologizes.

After a while, you feel the fishy smell diminish significantly. You turn your head to rest it on Miranda's shoulder. She doesn't move, lets you lean on her.

The episode finally comes to an end, and you feel relieved.

Miranda says to Moreau, "We should go now."

You stand up quickly, ready to escape.

Moreau appears reluctant, and there seems to be tears in his eyes. "Goodbye, Miranda. Goodbye, newcomer."

Before you can say goodbye, Miranda, without looking back, pulls you away, leaving Moreau behind.

Leaving the reservoir, the air suddenly becomes incredibly fresh. You feel like your foggy brain has been liberated.

"Miranda? Shouldn't we go for lunch?" you poke her arm.

"Sure," Miranda nods.

"Are we going to the restaurant in the village, or…?"

"We'll buy ingredients and cook ourselves."

"Getting another meal from the great scientist? Looking forward to it! The apple pie and fried eggs you made this morning were just perfect." You recall their aftertaste.

Miranda smiles at your reaction. "Let's go and get some ingredients."

You can also find me here.

Thanks for reading!

[mixelation]

What was your craziest lab accident? Also did you know they used to have students make chlorine gas in college in the 70's in the USA (also in highschool too?? If my college chem prof is to be believed)

ummm the ones that FEEL the craziest are when someone's freezer goes down, because then suddenly everyone is moving as fast as possible to move stuff to new freezers.

i think in terms of "oh i should have called someone about that" accidents, the winner is the time i added bleach to my bacterial waste to kill the bacteria, but then it turned out i'd also dumped some chemicals in there that should NOT have been mixed with bleach. the beaker got hot and it formed a thick foam

other Mistakes:

dropping pathogenic bacteria

dropping a piece of equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars

the time i dropped the centrifuge lid on my hand and fucked it up

the time i bled? into a gel??

the time i was cleaning up our cell culture area and cut myself on broken glass that was just... there. for some reason

[excalculus]

I've been told I should in fact flame Pokémon characters for PPE violations, so let's go.

Specifically I'll stick to the professors and use their appearance from the main game they first appeared in, because I've played almost all of those. Most if not all of them are implied to be biologists or bio-adjacent. I've done my time in academia on top of my current job still being in bio labwork so I know how this is supposed to go.

As for criteria, let's say basic bench science PPE standards (close-toed shoes, long pants, and no long dangling hair or accessories), and in the interest of fairness I'll only go after people who are at least attempting to dress for lab by wearing a lab coat or other obvious PPE item. I also won't worry about things that can be fixed up in a minute or two before going into the lab itself, like buttoning up the lab coat, putting on gloves, etc. Honestly wearing a lab coat outside the lab isn't really supposed to happen, but it's not the end of the world and also if I stuck to that I'd have to cancel everyone.

(Am I being a horrible pedant? Maybe, but I've also never had to fill out lab accident paperwork, so I think I'm still winning.)

Oak

This is normal except for his shoes looking alarmingly like slippers. I suspect that's an issue with this specific piece of art though, since later versions do clearly show normal shoes. Do not wear slippers in lab.

Elm

Really short labcoat, possibly just a weird art choice? Also more or less normal. Looks amusingly like my cell bio professor if you squint a little.

Birch

If this is supposed to be for lab you need long pants, and something that isn't sandals/flip flops. If this is supposed to be for the field, better shoes and pants are probably still a good idea, and the lab coat is useless - it can't protect you from basically anything out there, and if you're worried about contaminating the environment it's also woefully inadequate. To be honest though, the fact that he couldn't deal with a level 2 Zigzagoon makes me think he isn't a field biologist at all. I've met those people at conferences and they'll casually do things like run back towards a probable tornado when their data or equipment is on the line. I heard two (2) angry jaguar stories at the same dinner and in both cases the reaction was basically "If I die, I die". In conclusion I think this is a really bad lab outfit and not a kind of suspect fieldwork outfit, and the only thing I can say in its defense is that I did in fact see someone try to do cell culture while wearing shorts back when I was in SoCal. More accurately, I heard him getting busted by the lab manager from the other side of the lab.

Rowan

Not dressed for lab at all, so no comment. Looks like a math professor.

Juniper

The miniskirt is very bad. Credit where credit is due though, good job on the comfortable nonslip footwear - you'd be surprised how easy it is to go flying if someone's gotten a bit of water on the floor. I've also decided at this point that I'm not going to worry about interesting style/art choices on the lab coats themselves, like whatever is up with that collar.

Sycamore

Roll down your coat sleeves before you go in and this is fine. On a real person I'd say that length of hair likely needs to be secured somehow, but if we assume it stays in position via anime physics instead of falling into things we can ignore that.

Kukui

No shirt, short pants, open shoes, no science. +1 for safety glasses -1000 for everything else. EH&S is coming for your ass.

Magnolia

Some places are okay with a long skirt or dress instead of pants, given that the main idea there is to not have exposed skin that can either get hit by a chemical spill/dropped object or shed contaminants. The dress, shoes, and no socks combo here is... maybe not the greatest? However if I remember right she's basically retired when we see her in game, so it may not be an issue if she's not doing lab work anymore.

Turo

I hate to say it, but technically this passes. The only immediate issue I see is that in the rare case that you do spill something bad on yourself you need to yeet both your coat and any affected item of clothing as fast as you can, which might be challenging with the space onesie. If it's impermeable to whatever got spilled that's theoretically okay, but I've seen the chemical compatibility charts. Nothing is immune to all possible spills even if you stay away from the nasty shit the chemists have.

Sada

[EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

[rokhal]

Does Miggy keep vials of antivenin in his fridge?

Miguel O’Hara, grown-ass biomedical research scientist, would have at least thought about making some antivenin. It’s the responsible thing to do when you wake up venomous.

Surely the production process would raise awkward questions like “Exactly which spider’s bite is this product meant to counteract?” and “What is the break-even price for this product? Why are you wasting valuable Alchemax equipment, lab animals, and/or cell culture lines on a treatment for a venom that doesn’t exist?” But that’s only if Miggy got caught. He could (and should) have one or two vials in his fridge and/or freezer, along with IV infusion sets and some sterile saline or whatever they use in the future. Especially if he plans to go through with his marriage to Dana.

He probably doesn’t, because this is a man who cheated on Xina (his intellectual equal with an attitude to match his own) with Dana (a nice lady and his brother’s girlfriend). He’s a disaster whose intimacy issues can be seen from space. And every day he spends with no antivenin in his fridge, is a day he has a perfect excuse for himself not to patch things up with Dana.

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Laboratory equipment manufacturers play a vital role in the scientific community by providing the tools and instruments necessary for research and development. They design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of products, including glassware, chemicals, and analytical instruments. These products are used in a variety of settings, including research laboratories, universities, and industrial facilities. Laboratory equipment manufacturers must adhere to strict quality control standards to ensure that their products are safe, reliable, and accurate. They must also be aware of the latest technological advancements in order to provide their customers with the most cutting-edge products. Some of the most well-known laboratory equipment manufacturers include Thermo Fisher Scientific, Danaher Corporation, and PerkinElmer. These companies offer a wide range of products that are used in a variety of industries. They also have a global presence, with manufacturing facilities and sales offices located around the world. The laboratory equipment manufacturing industry is a growing market, driven by the increasing demand for research and development. As the scientific community continues to make new discoveries, the need for sophisticated laboratory equipment will only continue to grow. Microscopes: Explore high-quality microscopes from trusted manufacturers for precise observations in biology and chemistry labs. Centrifuges: Choose from a range of efficient centrifuges designed by leading manufacturers for accurate separation of substances in your school or college lab. Spectrophotometers: Enhance your lab experiments with reliable spectrophotometers crafted by industry-leading brands, ensuring accurate analysis of light absorption and emission. Balances and Scales: Find precision balances and scales from reputable manufacturers to meet the exacting demands of chemistry and physics experiments in educational settings. Incubators: Create optimal conditions for cell and bacteria cultures with cutting-edge incubators from well-known laboratory equipment providers. Autoclaves: Ensure safety and sterilization with autoclaves from trusted manufacturers, vital for maintaining a contamination-free environment in educational laboratories. Fume Hoods: Prioritize safety in your chemistry lab with fume hoods manufactured by top-notch brands, providing effective ventilation and protection. Laboratory Glassware: Source durable and reliable glassware sets from renowned manufacturers to support a wide range of experiments across various scientific disciplines. Pipettes: Facilitate precise liquid handling in your lab with pipettes from established manufacturers, known for accuracy and ergonomic design. Heating Equipment: Opt for state-of-the-art heating equipment from reputable brands to meet the diverse needs of your physics and chemistry experiments. Safety Cabinets: Prioritize safety with high-quality safety cabinets from leading manufacturers, offering secure storage for chemicals and hazardous materials. pH Meters: Ensure accurate measurements in your biology and chemistry labs with pH meters manufactured by trusted brands, known for their reliability and precision. By incorporating these top-notch laboratory equipment options from reputable manufacturers, your school or college lab can create a conducive environment for effective scientific exploration and learning.

[fermentertechnologies]

Application and Advantages of Lab Scale Fermenter

Understanding Lab-Scale Bioreactors

Lab-scale bioreactors, often referred to as benchtop bioreactors, are compact vessels designed to facilitate the growth and manipulation of various biological entities under controlled conditions. These reactors mimic the natural environment of microorganisms or cells, providing optimal conditions for proliferation, metabolism, and product formation.

Components and Design

The design of lab-scale bioreactors is meticulously crafted to emulate the conditions prevalent in industrial-scale fermenters while maintaining versatility and ease of operation. Key components typically include:

Vessel: The core of the bioreactor, where the biological culture resides. Vessels come in various sizes and configurations, accommodating different volumes and types of cultures.

Agitation System: Ensures uniform mixing of nutrients, gases, and metabolites within the culture. Agitation mechanisms may include stirrers, impellers, or spargers, depending on the specific requirements of the culture.

Temperature Control: Precise temperature regulation is essential for maintaining optimal growth conditions. Bioreactors are equipped with heating elements and cooling jackets, along with temperature probes and controllers to monitor and adjust temperature levels.

pH and Dissolved Oxygen Control: Maintaining appropriate pH and dissolved oxygen levels is crucial for cell viability and productivity. Bioreactors are equipped with sensors and controllers to regulate these parameters through the addition of acids, bases, or oxygen.

Monitoring and Control Systems: Advanced bioreactors are integrated with sophisticated monitoring and control systems, allowing real-time monitoring of key parameters such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and biomass concentration. Automated control algorithms facilitate precise adjustment of operating conditions to optimize culture performance.

Applications and Advantages of Lab Scale Bioreactor

The versatility of lab-scale bioreactors extends across a wide range of applications in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and academia:

Bioprocess Development: Lab-scale bioreactors serve as invaluable tools for the optimization and scale-up of bioprocesses. Researchers can fine-tune culture conditions, evaluate the impact of different parameters, and optimize productivity before transitioning to larger scales.

Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering: Bioreactors play a pivotal role in the cultivation of mammalian cells and tissues for various applications, including regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and tissue engineering. Controlled environments within bioreactors facilitate the growth and differentiation of cells into functional tissues.

Microbial Fermentation: Microbial fermentation processes, such as the production of antibiotics, enzymes, and biofuels, are extensively studied and optimized using lab-scale bioreactors. These reactors allow researchers to explore different microbial strains, media formulations, and process conditions to maximize product yields and quality.

Biological Research and Education: Bioreactors serve as indispensable tools for biological research and education, providing students and researchers with hands-on experience in culturing and manipulating biological systems. Benchtop bioreactors enable reproducible experimentation and data collection, fostering a deeper understanding of bioprocess principles and techniques.

Challenges and Future Directions

While lab-scale bioreactors offer tremendous potential, several challenges persist in their design and operation:

Scalability: Translating results from lab-scale bioreactors to larger industrial-scale fermenters remains a challenge due to differences in hydrodynamics, mass transfer, and mixing dynamics. Bridging this scalability gap requires advanced computational modeling, process optimization, and scale-up strategies.

Sterility and Contamination Control: Maintaining sterility and preventing contamination are critical aspects of bioreactor operation, particularly in cell culture and pharmaceutical applications. Robust sterilization protocols, aseptic techniques, and stringent quality control measures are essential to minimize the risk of contamination.

Process Intensification: Enhancing productivity and efficiency through process intensification strategies is a key focus area in bioreactor development. Integration of online monitoring and control systems, advanced analytics, and novel bioreactor designs can streamline bioprocesses and maximize resource utilization.

Conclusion

Lab-scale bioreactors represent the cornerstone of bioprocessing innovation, offering a platform for exploration, discovery, and optimization across diverse biological applications. As advances in biotechnology continue to accelerate, the role of lab-scale bioreactors in shaping the future of bioprocessing becomes increasingly pronounced. By addressing challenges, embracing technological advancements, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, we can unlock the full potential of lab-scale bioreactors and propel bioprocessing into a new era of sustainability, efficiency, and impact.

[fatedevour]

SCENTS

When it comes to Dottore, he doesn’t often use any sort of perfumes or colognes. It is not in his tastes for needless fancy displays. And its IMPRACTICAL if he’s out in the field catching specimen. Even a scent native would cause alarm in such HIGH concentration as perfumes do. If he DOES wear something, it’s only for formal occasions and even then it is more subtle than the majority and will often be undetected.

More often than not, Dottore has a faint scent that is either slightly citrus-y, spicy, or slightly sharp. It depends a bit on what his focus is at the time (and thus can vary with segments as well). A well ventilated lab should NOT have a distinct smell to it, and Dottore prides himself on his ESTABLISHED labs being leagues above other labs anywhere. (Field labs will be discussed below). Everything in his laboratories is well taken care of and regularly cleaned, sterilized, and so on. He wouldn’t want anything tampering or effecting another experiment. Dottore does NOT take shortcuts when it comes to cleaning his equipment or lab spaces. Such would be unforgivable. 

Dottore often has the scent of citrus when working with any research focused on tissue samples, bones, and similar matters that require staining. Needless to say, it is fairly common. Citrus scents are often found in real products like Hisoclear which are used for tissue-staining. It isn’t a strong scent (unless its been spilled), but it is a faint, pleasant lingering scent. There’s often an even more subtle scent of lamp grass which is often used in combination with the citrus scent to enhance the effectiveness of tissue-staining chemicals and does make those citrus-y notes a bit stronger.

When working on LIVE patients, there’s often the scent of Harra Fruit, which has a ‘ special spicy aroma ‘ which is similar to the scent of eugenol in real life, which can be used for local anesthetics (so only for a certain area not entire body), antiseptics, and so on and so forth. It also is used when he’s working on growing cultures of microorganisms or cells for different tests since having it around can prevent contamination from other microorganisms. This one is MORE noticeable than the citrus, as it is a scent that most people aren’t particularly used to. But it is really only when he is MAKING it or applying it to treating areas. It isn’t very strong thanks in large part to the ventilation of the labs, but it is quicker to be noticed.

The smell of Parisarahs also isn’t uncommon, mostly when he’s been cleaning. Spices are not uncommon to be found in cleaning products, and Dottore has found Parisarah extractions to be quite effective as a chemical component to his cleaning products and as a scent. It’s a bit sharp but pleasant, something akin to the smell of fall. It’s in a dilutated state so it is not nearly as strong as that which is used for spices. (There’s also twisted irony of putting something ‘holy’ into cleaning products, blasphemous and thus why only Dottore’s cleaning products carry this scent.)

It is not uncommon however for there to OCCASIONALLY be a sweet smell due to particular chemical mixtures carrying a scent of Zaytum Peaches (particularly when transferring live specimens or dealing with prisoners/captives/etc due to its calming effects) or Valberry for....less pleasant ones.

The stronger the smells, the longer its been since he has bee away from the lab.

But of course, when he’s in the field he tends to just smell of the environment since the field laboratories are not the sterile environments of his lab, so it tends to be Harra Fruit more. When he has the time for it. 

 To no surprise, the scent of blood is not UNCOMMON. Especially when he hunkers down for extended periods or when out in the field/fighting. Other scents include mechanical / metallic scents are also not uncommon when he’s been working on machinery 

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[owlkhemy]

If you like my pH meter post and want to know just how ✨️ass✨️ @redpanda411's and my experiences are in labs, here's a list!

Under the cut because this is a long ass post.

If I think of more, I'll add them in the reblogs!

Just How Ass Our Labs Are

The pH meter incident, as described.

The aspirator we used in a tissue culture lab had the tip stuck in it, so we replaced that, and then the other tip was too loose, so we replaced that, and then that tip kept popping out.

The lens we used in a physics lab (earlier today, in fact) was off by a whole 0.6 centimetres in terms of focal length.

A data recording app on my laptop stopped working halfway through human physiology, leading me to have to use a classmate's computer with early-release Windows 11 installed. The app's tech support said they'd never had a case like mine, in all the time they've been around. The app works perfectly now that human physiology is over, of course. I blame a Windows update.

The vitamin C we used in a chemistry lab was "too old", so we got no results even though everyone else did with the exact same stuff.

The force table in our pendulum related physics lab wasn't balanced right even when we made sure the table it was on was level.

The salicylic acid in our organic chemistry lab crystallized because the lids on the vials are ass and the methanol it was stored in evaporated (and the stuff was already in the process of crystallizing when we got it too). One of our solutions looked fine and then proceeded to crystallize at the tip of the pipette, drop and all, when we were trying to measure the refractive index.

We picked such an obscure plant to DNA sequence in biomedical techniques lab that it registered an aster as a squash. Everything else worked great too, and even our prof said it was really well done other than that. It's just that nobody used that plant before. It's super common around here too. (We picked some on our trip back to the grocery store.)

The microscopes in microbiology were so annoying to us (you had to unfocus it before switching to make the fine focus actually work in focusing it enough). Pretty sure nobody else ever complained about them.

Human physiology equipment in general refused to work sometimes, such as when our EEG didn't pick up anything useful despite showing all sorts of waves. Just not the right ones.

We had to travel all over campus looking for a gall for a cell biology assignment. I was covered in burrs when we got back because we had to go that far into a swamp to find one gall.

Other stuff that happened that may or may not be because of our curse:

A bunch of previously sterile liquid media got moldy in our microbiology classroom. It was awful to look at and was sitting there for several weeks.

@redpanda411's elbow got some sort of eczema or chemical burn from one of the labs (not sure which one but we suspect microbio or biomed tech).

My glove ripped for the very first time ever the same day as the aspirator incident. I have worn extra small gloves and they didn't rip despite being, well, extra small, but yet these actually fitting gloves couldn't stand up to the task.

On one occasion one of the members of my group for an animal biology project straight up just didn't show up. I think he said he just slept through it? Seems sus. At least he worked on the presentation I guess.

One of the guys we kept being partnered with refused to do any work. He isn't in the program anymore. Wonder why?

The lab group that we sometimes work with (separate from us in this lab) got absolutely no data on their attempt to run a gel with hair DNA. The smiley face shaped blur on it tells me it was The Cursed One's doing. (Also @redpanda411 is something of a genetic rarity apparently.)

The entire class's attempts at doing chromatography on fruit fly eye pigments failed due to unknown reasons that even our instructor can't figure out.

[dmimsnagpur7]

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[witchmd13]

Heyyy would you have any tips for undergrads in labs to be *less* frustrating? I never know whether to bother a grad student with an equipment related question, or try to figure it out myself and end up making a mess. I’m sure it’s very group-specific but I don’t know what I’m doing and would appreciate any advice! Ty in advance.

hi! I would love to give you tips. it is group specific, but I'm happy to give general tips!

First of all, I need you to know that there are not so kind grad students out there, just like there are not so kind professors out there. it's not your fault and there's probably nothing you can do about it. however, sometimes we are too stressed. it's still not your fault, but that's just the reality. grad school (in general because i know it's different for each country and university) can make the kindest person snap sometimes. I've seen it.

also it's totally okay to feel like you don't know what you're doing. I spent the first couple of months shadowing my thesis supervisor's research assistant and I felt like I was back to being a first year student. she was so kind and answered all my questions. she never made me feel stupid. I still call her sometimes when I need help. so it's totally fine to be lost, it's all about asking the right person, which brings me:

FIND A KIND PERSON AND STICK TO THEM LIKE GLUE. just find anyone in the lab who's willing to teach you and answer your questions or even let you follow them around as they work. I know it's hard to find them sometimes and they're often busy, but there's always at least one. for me it was the RA I mentioned. saved my life. even if it was another undergrad who's been there a little longer than you have, they can be a great help. and if that someone is always busy, ask them if they have free time to answer your questions later. often they will be happy to help.

always, ALWAYS, try to be on time. especially if there's an experiment you're invited to see or help in. chances are the people working on the experiment have been preparing for it for at least an entire day before and sometimes weeks or even months before. it's not about you. they need to start on time and they can't wait for you.

ASK BEFORE YOU USE A DEVICE. a lot of the devices in the lab are calibrated to certain parameters. for example cell incubators, centrifuge machines in our lab, whatever it is. just ask. sometimes even a micropipette is put on a certain measurement the person using it is used to leave it at.

DONT OPEN CETRIFUGE TUBES/PETRI DISHES/COVER SLIPS/EPPENDORF TUBES… ETC THAT ARE STILL IN THE PLASTIC PACKAGE WITHOUT ASKING. chances are this stuff is sterile. you risk contaminating it if you open it outside a specialized hood and it becomes unusable, so just ask.

ALWAYS PUT YOUR SAFTY FIRST. I learned this from my thesis supervisor. this is not about the usual stuff like your lab coat and gloves. I mean if you break a container and the substance in it touches your skin YOU TELL SOMEONE even if it's the most expensive stuff in the lab. once we were working with liquid nitrogen and the container tipped over and almost crashed. my supervisor immediatly pulled me out of the way and let the samples all fall to the floor. we had spent months experimenting on animals for these, but it wasn't worth losing my hand or foot trying to save them.

lastly, DONT BE TOO STRESSED TO HAVE FUN. working in a lab can be so cool and fun. scientists are the most excited dorks on the planet. they can be very grumpy (bureaucracy will kill us all one day), but wait until you're standing in a room with a group of scientists who just had an experiment they've been working on for months work. IT'S THE MOST MAGICAL THING.

I hope these help. I couldn't think of more and I tried to make them as general as possible but I work in a bio lab. my field is neuroscience/neuroanatomy and i work on animals and cell cultures mostly so I don't know how it works in other labs, but the general sentiment stands. I wish you all the luck! 💛💛

[nny11writes]

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I tagged 534 of my posts in 2022

#spop - 103 posts

#she ra - 103 posts

#catra - 78 posts

#entrapta - 45 posts

#glimmer - 37 posts

#adora - 22 posts

#glitra - 21 posts

#scorpia - 20 posts

#thanks for playing! - 17 posts

#long post - 17 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#but usually it's people laughing off ''oh i could burn water!'' and it really is just technique (or misusing equipment but i'm lumping here)

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

catra: man i cant stand it everyone in the rebellion is such a goody two shoes and theyre all going to hate me--

glimmer: ENTRAPTA WHY DID YOU PUT DISH LIQUID IN THE TOILET AND BLEACH IN THE WASHING MACHINE there are BUBBLES EVERYWHERE and the KITTIES on my glitter pink socks have been FUCKING MURDERED

entrapta: whoops! i'm sorry! i read the chemical components on the bottles and decided to use them on the proportionately more contaminated items. do you know that a person's clothing is ten times filthier than a toilet? i dont know why this isn't common knowledge. but judging from the state of the dishes you washed this morning you probably shouldn't lecture me on cleaning things--

glimmer: *war cry*

catra: nevermind i think i'll like it here

Catra will ALWAYS stick around for two things:

Mischievous chaos, Chaos, CHAOS!

Fucking around with Glimmer

Glimmer would totally cut a bitch over her socks getting bleached, and maybe Catra for laughing so hard about it.

Entrapta knew better, she just chose not to do better! :)

73 notes - Posted May 3, 2022

#4

How did my Hordak & Catra begrudgingly become friends fic accidentally include such “It’s All Fun and Games Until” vibes?

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“Okay,” Glimmer glared at them both, alternating between the cells before huffing and starting over. “Let me get this straight. I leave for one week and you two attempted to murder one another in a public meeting over water usage rights!? Do I have that correct? The Prince Regent of Brightmoon was attacked by the Prince Consort of Dryl, and responded by attempted murder? Am I MISSING something here?”

Catra had never once really felt solidarity with Hordak, but even with a wall between them she felt it now.

“Yes,” she said, “you’re missing the part where your guards didn’t do their job to prevent or stop this from happening. Also I don’t think prince consort of dryl is a real title.”

“It is not.” Hordak piped up. “I am Entrapta’s lab partner. Additionally the Prince Regent did not try to murder me. We simply had an aggressive difference of opinion, and expressed it in a manner appropriate to our…culture?”

First of all, what a jerk. Catra scowled at her temporary title being bandied about like this. She could not even give him points for his attempt to explain the situation, because it was such a rusted explanation!

Glimmer growled, hands scrubbing at her face before she clapped her hands together. Her smile was only a little unhinged as she said, “Okay, so the Prince Regent of Brightmoon was attacked by Entrapta’s Lab Partner in a meeting about water usage rights, and my acting head of state responded by violence which you reciprocated. Is that better? Is that what you want to hear? Is this what happened???”

Catra glanced at the stone wall as if she could see Hordak’s reaction.

“STOP TRYING TO SILENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AND ANSWER ME!”

“Yes.” Hordak answered.

75 notes - Posted May 21, 2022

#3

Silly Headcanons: Super Pal Trio vs. Best Friend Squad, Airplane Travel

I don’t know where I’m gonna use this if ever in a fic so here you go. 

Under a cut because it is hilariously long.

SPT is always running late to their flight. They choose early morning or late night flights to reduce the amount of people they have to deal with, and it’s the only reason they still make it to their plane before it leaves. Just, without fail, they will always run up right as they do the “last call for boarding parties A-D for flight 12345”.

This is in part because one of them always gets stopped for a “random” check at security. Usually it’s Entrapta because she forgot she has something metallic on her person, but Scorpia often gets stopped because when she’s tired and in go mode her resting bitch face is impressive and intimidating. Combine that with her size and stinger and someone wants to stop her for a quick double check. Catra also gets checked but less frequently, usually because she is “acting suspicious” (aka slinking around and looking around a lot because god fuck she hates the whole flying process from start to finish) or because half asleep she said something snarky that can be taken horribly.

Side note: Yes, I think Scorpia’s actual resting face is bitch face. But she knows that being a scorpioni means she has to be smiling to look non-threatening. She’s a genuinely nice person so she likes to smile too, but it is also performative so other people aren’t scared of her.

Even when they are running late, Entrapta somehow manages to buy them snacks and drinks for the flight after security. (Okay look, she grabs and drops more money than her purchases are worth, with her hair doing the heavy lifting and running, shush.)

SPT prefers to sit in a 3 seat row to get the max comfs for them all. They are very clingy once on the plane so it’s really the best for everyone. If they have to do a 2-1 set up Catra will be in the single seat and Entrapta gets squished against the window while Scorpia gets aisle. If they end up in a 2-5-2 seat row situation Entrapta will be squished against the window while Catra gets aisle on the two seats. Scorpia gets the aisle on the 5 across from them because she deals the best with strangers and can become friends with whoever she’s seated with (the number of friends she legitimately keeps in contact with after meeting on a plane is 100% of them).

Let’s focus on the 3 seat row ideal.

Scorpia will take one aisle seat because she needs the extra room to not feel like her legs are going to snap in two. She always has the arm rest(s) up if she can because she doesn’t quite fit in the seat and it can be painful otherwise. Scorpia has to slump in her seat to not hit her head, so the aisle lets her do that without crunching into a tiny miserable ball. She likes to read or knit while they are flying but always has Entrapta operate her light and personal air. They are just so tiny and delicate and fiddly that she could break them. Scorpia happily eats ALL of the SPT’s free snacks (with few exceptions that Entrapta can stand in which case Scorpia will eat Catra’s free snacks because she is extra finicky while flying). One (1) time the trio got an upgrade to business class and Scorpia straight up cried because it was so much nicer of an experience. The flight attendants (with permission granted) got a lot of great hugs on that flight.

Catra takes the other aisle seat because she feels claustrophobic otherwise. She needs to trick her brain into thinking there’s an escape route in case she needs to run. Yes, she is aware that she will be in a metal tube thousands of feet in the sky so “escape” and “run” are limited. Her brain Does Not Care about that, she just needs to not feel blocked in. She will lift the inner arm seat so Entrapta can sit in all sorts of weird configurations. Their deal is that Entrapta will use her hair as a buffer between them because while stressed out about the whole being in a metal tube thousands of feet in the air where she cannot escape and they could all die thing Catra doesn’t wanna be touched. She will eat only when semi-forced to on long flights (anything 3+ hours) but it needs to be particular food stuffs or else she will end up using a barf bag or in the plane toilet. God she hates the plan toilets.

Side note: hilariously Catra does worse on take off than landing, because when she was really little she learned about the way planes can sometimes crash while trying to take off because of wind tomfuckery the night before she got on her first plane. Landing she doesn’t really mind, plus it means she is getting off the plane thank the stars!

Entrapta needs the middle seat; she wants to feel a little crunched or crushed in. Planes feel weirdly exposed to her on an aisle seat so hiding between two people she trusts is *chef’s kiss*. Entrapta will always kick off her shoes to put her feet on the cushion with her and often sits sideways in her seat to talk with Scorpia or tunelessly hum while patting Catra with her hair. Her favorite part of flying is reading the sky mall magazine and tearing the rich person bullshit technology apart viciously and with no remorse. She spends most of the flight consuming the snacks she bought while curling into the tightest ball possible. If she needs to get out to use the restroom she can use her hair to easily haul herself over Catra.

Side note: Look, she may be a whizz at getting things connected SAFELY online and UNTRACEABLY when possible, but Entrapta is also the kind of person who will shoot her printer if it beeps at her funny. There is nothing connected online in her personal spaces except for her phone.

SPT is usually one of the last groups off the plane because 1: they do not want to touch another person while trying to leave thank you and 2: Catra is a little frozen in her seat afterwards so while Scorpia is stretching and popping to get her body in roughly the right shape again, Entrapta is convincing Catra to get up.

Once off the plane, they get their luggage and will then go eat. If the terminal has vending machine food (like real food not snacks) it’s what they prefer to get. Otherwise they’ll hit the cheapest food in the terminal before leaving. At this point Catra will be forced to eat whether she wants to or not. Hangry Catra is no one’s friend.

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The BFS is always painfully early for their flights. This is due mostly to Adora needing them to be early because being early is being on time, so you have to be early to being early, but it’s also for a flight and you never know how long security will take so you need to be early to being early to be early (which is on time). It’s also due to Glimmer taking forever because she always remembers something she forgot to pack at the last second, so they plan in time for that too. 

2 hours early crowd, can I get a woot woot?

They prefer early morning flights (okay Adora prefers them) because they are usually on schedule compared to later flights. But Glimmer is Not a Morning Person so when they can go as early as Adora wants someone basically ends up on “Carry Glimmer Duty”. She doesn’t mean to fall asleep but she does.

Side note: the number of video’s Adora and Bow have of Glimmer snoring away only to wake up because they are giggle and grumble, “Shut the fuck up.” before snoring away again within seconds is Far Too Many. It is tradition to take at least one video of this for early flights and post online. Glimmer is aware of this and approves because she would live stream it if their positions were reversed.

Because of how early they get there, the BFS always gets a light meal and a drink before boarding. Usually they get a pastry and coffee/tea, but if it’s midday they are happy to stop for a small salad or sandwich somewhere. Bow forces them all to drink at least one full glass of pure water at this time and then they all troop off the bathroom to avoid using the one on the plane.

If there is enough time after that they might go find an amenity. If they have access to a VIP area they’ll go there for their light meal and relax, or they’ll use massage chairs, peruse the shops, get a haircut, etc. (Bow likes having a fresh looking cut at all times, he goes to his barber once every 1-2 weeks to keep it looking good, but he will break and use an airport shop if needed. Adora tried one time and was so itchy from the hair afterwards that she vowed to never do it again. Glimmer thinks they are crazy she is not letting anyone but her stylist at her salon touch her hair.)

They usually fly business class or extended economy because of how tall Adora is and frankly how spoiled Glimmer is so they are pretty early in the boarding process. They don’t really care what the configuration is, because all three want the window seat. BFS has a rotating schedule for who gets it, so they can make any combo work since leg room isn’t an issue.

Adora is actually super relaxed once they are boarded because she no longer has any control over the situation. She always passes out instantly once in the air and is grateful to her friends for waking her up for her favorite part of flying, the free snacks and airline coffee. She loves airline coffee, and hotel coffee (the kind you make in your room). It isn’t usually great coffee but it tastes like traveling and vacations and she loves it. Once consumed she passes back out. 

Side note: Adora used to fly a lot as a kid to visit family back in Russia so she is very used to long flight and finds airplane sounds soothing. In fact, she has a noise maker app specifically to mimic the sounds of air travel and likes to sleep in pretty cold conditions too. Her dad always complained about the cold on the plane, and her mom (although also a little chilled because she grew up in Texas) will claim she is perfectly comfortable. Maybe it’s the Russian genes, Randor. Maybe we are strong and awesome and you are sad and not? Adora still takes a bit too much pride in being part of the Shorts All Year ‘Round Gang.

Bow is the most nervous of them when flying, but he’s still pretty average for it. He’s not a fan of landings and turbulence can make him go silent as he begins to nervously eat away his anxiety. His ears are sensitive to pressure changes so he chews a lot of gum on take off and landing, and has the special flight ear plugs to help out. He likes looking through sky mall to get ideas for better inventions or ideas to look into (he is more sleek apple tech kinda dude, they have a lot of smart technology around the house) and talking with Glimmer. Which is necessary because Adora’s sleepy sounds are just so cute and soothing that he will fall asleep otherwise. Bow always orders a glass of water while flying because of dehydration concerns and shares his snacks with Adora. He gets chilled easily and usually wraps himself up in his travel blanket and neck pillow for comfort.

Glimmer is B.O.R.E.D. by flying after traveling so much with her mom and dad. She prefers to spend the trip watching a movie or show in flight with headphones, but Bow usually wants to talk so she does that instead. She has a specific air travel outfit she wears for maximum comfiness, but doesn’t need anything specific. She will always get a mini when flying to put in her coffee or soda, yes Bow she knows it’s not good because of dehydration and pressurization or whatever but by god she wants it and she will have it no matter the time of day or night! Glimmer’s favorite part about flying is snuggling her friends, which only wins over kicking Adora awake for snacks by a hair. She doesn’t really like all the noises and sounds, she finds it difficult to concentrate on what Bow is saying over it, but Bow often brings something for her to fidget with which can help a little bit.

When they get off the plane if they are hungry they’ll stop for food, otherwise Adora will dart into a store to buy a snack because she is always hungry. Once off the plane the BFS just wants OUT of the terminal. They’ll collect their bags and get the hell outta dodge.

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Entrapta is the kind of character where she asks you if she can dismantle your central heating system and also your car, and obviously you don't want her to do that, but her eyes are really wide and somehow they are sparkling. you can hear the sparkle. everyone around her either has heart eyes, is cheering her on, or is completely exasperated. you let her get on with it because you dont want to mess with a force of nature. she makes the giddiest loudest happy noise. your energy bill is $3000 for that month and you haven't been able to get the fuel to power your car's new jet engine. you still think you made the right decision

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I feel like when Entrapta leaves you either suddenly have no gas/electric bills and actually have a prototype of some hard to find obscure super tech and now you know you can't move to any other place because, I mean, c'mon. OR it's so much more efficient, just ignore the sound and smell you will get used to it, and you can laugh at everyone else's wimpy heating until your bill arrives and you do a little cry before laughing again.

But yeah, good luck with the fuel for the car. You could probably get some from Entrapta if you just ask, but be careful with all the new buttons and switches because the mad scientist is the only one who knows what they do but she may have forgotten by now.

101 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Bow: What’s worse than heartbreak? Adora: Realizing that a dragon can’t blow out its own birthday candles. Bow, tearing up: ...Dude...

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hai spot one question. what do lab techs do

It'll depend on the the size of the lab as to how much you do.

I work at a smaller lab so I draw blood, and process it. Some of the blood gets spun down to be ran in chemistries (enzymes, glucose, electrolytes, ans hormones, some antibodies), or coagulation (how you blood clots). Hematology uses whole blood and thats cell counts and hemoglobin.

Blood bank is fun too, separate plasma from the cells and figuring out blood types and compatibility with units for transfusion

I also work urinalysis which is looking at urine, usually looking for utis. Which would then go to microbiology for culture and bacterial identification

We have a serology department too where we are usually looking for antibody or antigens for things pregnancy.

And lastly we have molecular where we use PCR technology to use DNA detection of viruses and bacteria and some parasites! This is where we do things like covid testing or enteric pathogens.

Larger labs will have other departments like cytology, histology, and pathology. We send out a out samples for those cause we don't have the equipment or man power do do those.

Also the size of the lab will decide how many departments you work. Large ones you'll only work in one or two departments, but smaller you'll probably rotate through more areas.

Thanks for the question. If any area sounds more interesting to you than another I'm happy to go into more detail!