Re: [DIYbio] Looking for low cost equipment

I was looking over your list and it seems like you got a lot of
incubators. Are they all necessary? In our lab, we have a temperature
controlled water bath (default 42C), a heating block (default 56C),
and a bacterial incubator/shaker (default 37C). I think you can get by
with just a heating block or water bath, though for a large class the
water bath lets you put in more samples. A bacterial incubator is
needed though. Maybe you can rig up a shaker inside it? Stir plates
and tabletop eppendorf mini-centrifuges are probably cheap online.

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Bryan Bishop <kanzure@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Daniel TerBush <terbush@wis.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I am new to these forums (just signed up today) and I am a high school
>> chemistry teacher with a pretty extensive molecular biology, cell biology
>> and biochemistry background. I just accepted a new teaching position and I
>> want to develop a molecular biology course for seniors in high school. In
>> order to do that, I need a fairly extensive list of equipment.
>
>
> I think all of these equipment questions would make fantastic student
> projects. The projects would be to either custom build or acquire the
> different pieces of equipment, explain and present how they work, and show
> whether or not they meet certain operating requirements. Then run some gels
> on the electrophoresis machines to show some standard ladders, show that the
> thermocycler is properly cycling and getting predictable results, etc.
> Getting all the equipment upfront on your own is also a pretty neat deal for
> the students.
>
> - Bryan
> http://heybryan.org/
> 1 512 203 0507
>
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