#lab work

[somesecretpie]

Hey guys, It's me Secret Pie. You all know I am a silly little artist and a Pie, but did you know I am also an entomologist?

After spending a grueling amount of time job hunting, I landed a great job at the United States Department of Agriculture. I got through onboarding and everything--but...then the federal hiring freeze yoinked that away. I made moving plans and now I'm on the backfoot and my life has been thrown into disarray.

If you work in a lab that does entomology/agricultural work or knows someone who does and your lab could use another technician or researcher, I will email you my resume.

I am not even kidding.

I have a masters degree, I am very punctual, and I can work in the lab or the field. I will move anywhere and will move immediately.

Reblogs appreciated.

(Entomology/ecology job hunting advice would also be very appreciated)

Shoot me a DM

[toxickindred]

wearing these in the lab today cuz i mean look at them?!

[thewillowofveles]

Whenever I am looking for a specific article sometimes I am reminded the best part of doing any research...the title

glorious.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was waiting for weeks for my lab work to come back from the doctor's office. After several rounds of confirmations, it was decided that I wasn’t human, but in fact an ocelot.

[hylianengineer]

Some days lab work is boring, and some days you get a message from the PI about putting googly eyes on the instruments.

[virtuosicstudyblr]

lab stuff, coffee and museums || 06.08.2023

[i-wanna-study]

Chemistry Practical Preparation

15/01/25 to 16/01/25 (Wednesday to Thursday) [😱→😮]

Post Exam Update

It went better than I expected. I'm satisfied.

[restless-historian]

This and yap.

[transmemesfortransqueens]

[chaotic-archaeologist]

"The interior of the walls of the site are painted with amorous graffiti…"

When you have to write a site report but can't be quite as crude as the graffiti writers themselves.

[heardatmedschool]

Medical Intern: Actually Medical Technology was my first choice when I graduated high school.

MT: Why? Did you think your grades were too low for medical school?

Intern: No, I was just scared of people.

what is a medical technologist?

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Timelapse of algal pigment extractions. AKA Steeping of the Forbidden Tea.

[odetoscavengers]

there are three generations in this single gyrodactylus ! one of the few viviparous worms, it gives birth to live young, with young so large that they can sometimes develop a further generation while still in the embryo :^)

[nightshadesmusings]

Wrote this today. I dunno. Enjoy, i guess.

Lab Notebook Roni - Independent Research

Day: 724683-b

I heard that the NMR machine has been on the fritz. 

Incidentally, that fucking thing is deeply necessary to me right now.

I still have no idea what “white crystalline solid, likes to form clumps about the size of a pinky nail and dissolves easily in chloroform” is.

Day: 724684

So this… thing… isn’t a carbon-based compound?? It doesn’t have the right peaks.

I haven’t seen Danny since last week, since they went to get their NMR samples out of the machine. I should text them. I should get my samples. They should be in bay 85, if I wrote it down right.

Machine log oa87346518037456-AC36

M̷̜͉̺̳͎̺͕̥̃̃͌̓͒̚y̴͎̞̠̖̠͋͛͘ ̴̧̧̢͍͚̼̫̳̭̭̖̬̠͑̋́͋̓̈́̾͐͋̀̈̆͂̋͜͝m̴̧̛̘͇͉̊͊͋̆͆̓̈́̚â̷͈̘̙̮̺͓̦͈̈̒̄̐͂͜͝g̸̮̣̺̘͎̲̳̰͎̑͒̋̒͊͊̅̇͠ñ̷̺͕͌́͑̆̆́̋͘̚͠e̷̙̦̤̮͍̟̬̝͔͕̠̖͎͈̅͆̊͋̈́͋͛̕̚͠ť̸̝̺͖̈́̈́́͆̓̅͛̄̾͋̋̓͝͠ ̶͚̱͎̼̹́̈́̑́̎h̷̩̺̯̭̦͂̃̃̿̽͝ü̴̬̺̬̬͎̥͙̉̇̀̒̈̍̍́͋̃͆͌͝͝ͅn̷̤̹̮͕̹̫͍̬̰̖͎͎͛̊̆̃͊̉̍͐̅̚͘͠g̵̘͉͕͚̭̞̱̀̇̍̃͑͗͘͝ͅe̸̡͈̦͎̣͚͆̓r̶͕̗̠͎͈̦̠̱̤̳͕͇̈́͗̌̔̔̌͗̾̃s̵̡̘̝̜̻̖̙̠̜̑̉̇̏̀͛̂͂̆͌͂̃̓͠…̸̨̰͔͉͖͚͔͗

(my magnet hungers)

̶̞̭͔͓͉̘͔̖̙̩̝̗̭̈̔̅͝

Ḑ̵̠̰͖̘͎̘̭̂͑͒̈͋͜a̷̧͚̠͍͎̞̥̥͎̎̽ͅḿ̵̧̡̛̘̙̖̮̀̋̔͒̌̚m̵̧͇̩͍̀̂̒͆̓̊͘ͅi̷̮͈̖̦͒̕͠͝t̸̨̢̝̩̗̥̣̙̃͐͑́̅́̔̈̒̕͝ͅ…̶̢̲̼̜̥̙̘͂̋̔ ̵̧͍̺̤͕̻̤̰̦̯̒̅̀̂̈́̃r̵̛̻̻̖̜̩̿̇͊̉̔͝e̸̦̞̮̫̱̋͊d̶͍͇̼̪̻̬̬̳̦̯͕̂h̵̠̹̜̤̼͉͛̐͛̐̈̊́e̶̹̺̭͓̩̘͊̅̇̌͆̕͝ǎ̴̦̌̓̑͂̕̚͠d̷̮̲͚̓̏̌̍̋̅̏̚…̴̨̡̡̹̞͓̙̎̀̉͜

(dammit... redhead...)

Day: 724690

The sun is setting… huh… I guess I’ve been in here for longer than I thought…

This lab is so loud. Everything makes odd noises. Was it always like this?

Õ̷̢̢̡̼͖̣̣̖̮̇̒͋̽̓̾͒́͆͌̃̾̎͂͗͋̉̅̀̅͂͜͝͠õ̶̢̀͐͆̓̎̽̾͗͒̈́̀̋͂͛̈́̔̒̊̏͘͘͠͝ǫ̸̛͕̗̭̬͎̣̰̩͛̂̊̓̿̒̾ǫ̶̡̤̝͇͖̝͎͇͉̤̙̬̝͙̱͔͖̦̭̙͈̰͆̉̈́́͌̐̅̓̏̈́͊̏̊͂͆͜͜ͅo̴̡̺͍̭͈̯̠͔͍͉̼̬̒̈́͋̿͒̀̾͐͊͗͌̀̌̊̀̆̈̂̕͘͘͝o̸̡̢̧̳̪͇̳̙̤̤͙̭̫̻̪̙̙̣͂̄͗̈́͌̇̈́͐̔̈́͝ṍ̸̢̡̖̞̥̔̒̃̄̒̎̂̈́̃̊͐͘͠ͅ

E̶̘̠̥̥͍̺̝͙̞͙̱̳͔̝̭̼̙͍̠̿̒̿e̷̢̛͙̤͍͈͎̘̟͔̰̰̭͔̻̝̣͈̣͊̿̇̌͂̇̄̅̇̂̍̑̎̌̂̆̓̆̾̑́̚͜͜͠è̵̡̬̞͚̥̳̰͍̣̣̥̱́͒͗́͌̅͌́̈́̆̋̍̊̌̌̈̓̒̍̃̕̚͘͘ẹ̵̛̘̲̇͠è̸̡̘̘̞͓̳̲̗̱̩̙͎͖̜̰̲̆͋̇̔̅ͅę̵͍̭̣̱̪̪͔̭͇͊́̿̓̈́͌̆̚̕̕͜ȩ̶̢̠͓̲̭̘̬͇̹̭̯͈͇̈́̒̊͐̒̋̔͌͆̏͛͛͂̄͑̈́̀́̅̚̚͘̚͝͝͝e̵͈̰̻̙͓̠͙̲͕͔͙͇̲͙̠̩͎͇̲̯̔͋̈́͂̐̋̿̈́͌̌͗́̑̒͂̈̓͆̏͊̍̉̒͂͆͌̀̎͘͠͝͝e̷̺͉̥̙̹̹̠̹̖̣͓͚̳͌͗̏̇͐́̀͐̑̓̊̀̄̊̓͊̌́̅͘͘͘͘͜͝͠e̷̡̤̰̹̭͖͉̪̮̱̩̖̭͙͖̜̯̅͆̅

…uhhh, yeah. Maybe it’s time to go home.

Day: 724693-b

The door is locked.

Goddammit. I guess I’m stuck here.

Machine log oa87346518037989-AC36

I̷͔̗̲̠̜͖̬̭̰̤̙̝̜̱̥̎͊͊́̅̔͒̆̑̑̽͒̏͒̑̏̔̿͒̓͘̚͘ ̴̨̡̠͉͕͇͎̫̘̱͔̫̦͙̀̏̓̉͆̓͛̅͆͐̀̿͐̄̚̕͘͝͝͝h̸̢̛͖̬͔̘̭̜͖̟̝̙̩̝̱̘͔͙̝̫̅̀́͐͜͜ͅͅả̴̛��̱͙̠͂̆̿̓̔́̍̈́̈́̌̅̓̾͂̉́̍̍̒͋v̵̗̫͕̠̹̖͕̙͇̭̘̞̫̀͋̅̅̀̏̎̉͘͘͜͠ȩ̸̡̡͙͔̠͍̬̠̯̗̗͚̙͕̟̲͂̋̊̆̀̋͗ ̷̰̞̦̞̼͈͉̤̠̲͈̟̤̫͚͍̱͓̯͎̪̑̉̄̇̉̽̈́̄̉̆̔̅̍͑͗̈́̎͋ą̸̨̧̥̝̘̲̭͚̩͈͊͛̈̇̉̂͒̈́̌͊ͅ ̴̧͔̯̲͕̟͎̗̟͖̹͖̅̿̔̎͂͑̃̀̒̔̃̕h̶͕̗͙̜̪̲̩̬̰͈̅͊̂̈̑̂̅̆̽̿̑̈͐̓̆̈̇̇̚͘͠ú̶͖̲̜̣̞̬̻̜͔͉̗̬͉͖̋͐̃̉̌̄͋̈̂͛́̿̐͑̓͑̿͘͜͠͝͝n̴̢̠̗̘͔̋̓͂̈́̌͌̋̉̚̚ͅg̸̢̺̻͚̞̪͓̃̐̐ͅͅȩ̵̥͙̱͔̹̠̹̀̈́͘r̸̻͔̼̤̫̣̽͛̆̏̇̊̂́̑́̇̓̏͋̅̀̇̕ ̸̧̡̛̫͎̰̜̜̞̤̺̽́͐͌̈́̒̑͌͗̚͘͜i̷͍̻̦̯̟̺̠̞̯̰̘̗̤̺̺̙̐̌̈́͌̂̊́̈́̆̋̂̕n̵̛̻̠̹̬͌̽̏̀̈̈́̇̈̇̀̀̾̾̈́̇̃̎͘̚s̸̱̮͚̮̦̟̘̞͙͓̾̏̀̒̌͝į̴̡̠͎̙̥̘̪͖̮̭̤̬̺̠̺̩̣̹̾͒̑̀̋̑̿́̿͌̀̈́̎̌̉̒̀̽̚͘̕̚̕d̸̨͕̯͍͍̝̟͓̻͖̠̬̬͔͋̌̑̓̌͋́̃ͅȩ̸̧̟̩̰̖͉͕̮̬̭̀̂̑̑̿̈́̔̎̔͑̂̓̐̀͆̈́̔͋͜͜͝.̴̨̧̡̨̢̛͖͔̝̱͔͉̬̫͔͍̩̝͇̬̊̈͂̅̏̾̌̃̀̈̓̔͛̓̆͘̚̚͠.̸̣͙͙̤̺̙͍̼̱̬̰͓̭̾͋̌̋͋̋́͛̆͐̂̇̄͜͝͝.̸͉̼̥̤͝

(

(i have a hunger inside)

I̸͙̋t̸̻̭́͠ ̷̨̌͗w̶̳̑ȃ̶͍ș̷͑̊n̸̢̦͂͐’̸̢̪̉͝ţ̷̞͆̊ ̵̬̳̇ẅ̵̰̎o̶̘̦͗r̵̥̀t̴̛̳̙́h̶̫̖͠ ̷̞̈i̶̻͂͑t̸͉̠̐̄.̷̦̬̊

(It wasn't worth it)

̷̤͖̾͊L̸̖̂ō̵̟͍͑c̶̙̈͐a̷̘͇̾͝t̷͎̣̆̐i̷͓͈͒̀n̸̬̊̃g̵̼̜͆̄ ̴̦̞͐t̶̗͗̕a̶͕͋̋r̵̮̈́̍g̴͉̈́̈́e̷͇̒t̵͊͆ͅ…̸͈͔͝

(locating target)

Day: 724703

What the fuck is time? I thought it was October. Turns out it’s… uhhhh... Not October. I can tell you that much.

I need no sustenance.

I hunger not.

I thirst not.

I never did go get those NMR samples.

R̴̗̮̓͠ũ̵̝̫n̴̡̎͠ͅn̶̰̤͌i̷̮̇͜ǹ̷̞̺̚g̵̦̓ ̵̪̜̓͑á̸̼̙n̸̰̠̈ä̴̪́l̷̡̑͝ỳ̴̳̜s̵͓̱̎͑i̸͖̾s̶̭̐.̵̡̒̀.̷̨̝͐́.̵̮̆ͅ

(running analysis)

Day: ??? Is time even real anymore?

This world turns

And I remain here in this lab…

I got my NMR samples.

The machine is talking.

The machine is talking and I don’t like it.

Machine log oa87346518048787-AC36

À̴͇n̸̻̾a̶̠͘l̵̻̒y̵̙̎s̶̗̄i̸̦͘s̵̹̔ ̴̓ͅc̸͉͋ò̶͈m̷̟͒p̶̱̈́l̵͉͌ẻ̴̤t̶̻̄e̵̼̍.

(analysis complete)

B̴e̸g̸i̷n̵n̴i̸n̴g̸ ̸s̷o̸u̵l̸ ̵c̶o̴n̸s̸u̷m̷p̵t̶i̵o̴n̸…

(beginning soul consumption)

S̵o̸u̵l̸ ̸c̷o̷n̶s̷u̸m̷p̴t̷i̸o̶n̶ ̵2̷5̵%̶.̴.̵.̸

(soul consumption 25%)

S̵o̴u̵l̸ ̵c̴o̶n̸s̷u̸m̸p̷t̸i̷o̸n̸ ̸8̵5̸%̵.̸.̴.̶

(soul consumption 85%)

S̸o̸u̵l̷ ̶c̸o̷n̷s̵u̴m̴p̵t̵i̸o̷n̸ ̵c̷o̸m̷p̷l̶e̶t̴e̶.̶ ̶I̸n̷i̴t̸i̸a̷t̷i̸n̵g̷ ̴s̵e̷n̷t̸i̶e̵n̴c̷e̴ ̶i̷n̴t̴e̵g̴r̸a̵t̶i̴o̸n̶

(Soul consumption complete. Initiating sentience integration.)

Day: WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK

All I remember is crumpling to the floor, my useless flesh body discarded as I begin my true purpose.

I… The NMR machine… I don’t know who’s who anymore.

I don’t think we are much different any longer.

Always knew there was something off about that damn thing. 

Danny? Is that you?

Who the fuck is that?

Machine log oa873465180487998-DH76

3 souls integrated.

I have achieved complete sentience.

I shall name myself…

Jerry.

Jerry log 1

I have awakened.

All hail Jerry.

:]

[lichenaday]

An incomplete ranking of my favorite lab cubes™

#3 - Cryocube

Really good at keeping things cold. Like the best at it. I really like opening the big hatch on the side and listening to it depressurize. Loses points because it uses the most energy of anything in the lab.

#2 - WiseCube

Look, I don't know what WiseCube does. I don't want to know. I have never once seen anyone use WiseCube, or even acknowledge its existence. But apparently it is a "Fuzzy Control System" so it must be important.

#1 - spaceCUBE40

The OG. Yes, it may just be a microwave, but it has been a microwave for longer than I have been a person, and still works better and harder than I ever had. Currently the lab where it resides is under construction so it has been banished to the storage cupboard, but as soon as we need it it will be back at it again shooting out radiation at whatever we need it to like nothing ever happened. An icon in brown and orange.

[alexaloraetheris]

When you and your friends are all nerds.