A delightfully useful paper centered on 3D printing of microscopes has been written by Mario Del Rosario, Hannah Heil, Afonso Mendes, Vittorio Saggiomo and Ricardo Henriques. The paper covers a bevy of topics and tips from the basics behind infill patterns to the specifics concerning biocompatibility. It’s a great resource for anyone involved with 3D […]
Category: 3D Printing
Colosseum: open source automated fraction collector
In a follow-up to my all time favorite post, Protein Purification on a Budget: Technical Tuesday, today we are covering a design for a fraction collector for <$100. In their recent preprint, Low-cost, scalable, and automated fluid sampling for fluidics applications , A. S. Boosehaghi, Y.A. Kil, K. H. Min, J. Gehring and L. Pachter […]
$6 Printed Mini Centrifuge
This 3D printed design for a mini centrifuge caught our eye as a lab hack that is reminiscent of the early days of this blog (UV lamp, Sillouette design cutter). Mini centrifuges are ubiquitous in wet labs. Very simple machines, they are sold by Eppendorf and other scientific manufacturers for $150-200. If your lab has […]
A low cost microfabrication toolbox
If you are interested in working with microfluidics and are having difficulty getting started, check out a paper by Jérôme Charmet, Rui Rodrigues, Ender Yildirim, Pavan Challa, Benjamin Roberts, Robert Dallmann, and Yudan Whulanza. The paper describes cheap solutions to several chamber fabrication techniques including photolithography, micromilling, 3D printing, xurography (knife cutting) and screen-printing. The […]
A $400 SLA-3D-printed peristaltic pump for multi-channel systems
The FAST Pump is an elegant, low cost, small, and easy to fabricate alternative to commercial peristaltic pumps which will cost you between $140 to $400 depending on quality and DIY considerations. Detailed instructions on how to make the device are covered in this paper by Alexander Jönsson, Arianna Toppi, and Martin Dufva . Lab […]