It’s Technical Tuesday! Today we are diving into the controversial topic of paying for data storage, and of course since the two go hand-in-hand: backup solutions. There is no need to take any of this as gospel. We are presenting one way of many of going about this. Start with Cloud Storage: The cheapest solution to […]
A DIY CO2 Incubator for just $350
Growing cells? Need an incubator or a bioreactor? These things generally cost upwards of five grand, but here Andrew Pelling’s lab has made a DIY CO2 reactor for around $350. It might look a bit janky, but it’s a legit piece of equipment when you get into it. The website includes detailed instructions, cost analysis, […]
Make Your Own Light Sheet Microscope
Thinking about light sheet microscopy? Openspim.org gives you fantastically detailed assembly instructions to create your very own Selective Plane Illumination Microscope. Credit to Dr. Guillaume Duclos for pointing this resource out. Don’t forget to check out the paper on this project put out by Peter Pitrone, Johannes Schindelin, Luke Stuyvenberg, Stephan Preibisch, Michael Weber, Kevin […]
Dremelfuge – Surprisingly Powerful Small Centrifuges from Power Tools
You can 3D print or Buy adapters for Dremel power tools to centrifuge 1.5 ml eppendorf tubes. This isn’t a little replacement to those mini pop-top centrifuges that ponder around at 10,000 rpm and only give around 5,000 g, oh no. Dremelfuges can hit 33,000 RPM and upwards of 51,000 g. If 3D printing is […]
PuffAdder: A DIY Picospritzer
No not the snake. This is the name Joe Raimondo’s DIY picospritzer, which delivers picoliter to nanoliter “spritzes” of liquid in short pulses. His blog gives a great step-by-step guide to building one. And if you’re looking for something a little more robust, check out their paper on Openspritzer in Nature where they build and […]