User:Linh N Le/Notebook/2009/07/01

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To Do

 * More OT
 * Kinesin stuff?
 * W/e grads need
 * Nanodrop

OT

 * Andy was working on aligning the periscope this morning
 * He got the beam expander aligned earlier

KochLab-04

 * I tried to hookup Kochlab-04 near the printer
 * Since we moved the router to accomodate Kochlab-daq2, there is not an ethernet wire long enough to hookup Kochlab-03 to the internet
 * With some strategic maneuvering, I was able to get the wire to stretch the distance
 * There are alot of blue cords running around, I sure hope that the fire inspection next week will go ok

Nanodrops

 * Koch asked me to try to price out some nanodrops for the lab
 * The site I found on google (www.nanodrops.com) is the site for Thermo Scientific
 * According to the site, they have 4 types of drops
 * Nanodrop 2000
 * very fast measurements (5s)
 * low wavelength (205nm)
 * Min Sample .5ul
 * Higher concentration measurement capability up to 15,000 ng/µl (dsDNA)
 * Looks like it only has a Micro-Volume Pedestal, no curvettes
 * Nanodrop 2000c
 * Micro volume pedestal or use standard curvettes
 * Very median product
 * UV-Vis light
 * Nanodrop 8000
 * Min sample 1uL
 * Can do 8 at a time
 * High throughput
 * Great for multiple users at the same time
 * Computer programmable
 * Nanodrop 3300
 * Min sample 1uL
 * Uses florescence, broad range
 * Quote requested. Should be in, in a day or 2. I'm gone for the rest of the week, so I can report on this Monday.
 * Sending them an email asking them to CC sjkoch@unm.edu (should have done that in the main quote, oh well)
 * VWR has a similar product they call the NanoVue
 * Wavelength 200-1100nm
 * Samples .5ul-5ul
 * Uses a sample plate
 * With wireless connectivity: Price $9347.00

Pricing from Thermo

 * The sales rep from Thermo got back to me really quickly

Ammonium persulfate

 * We have a bottle in the lab that Andy wants us to get rid of
 * He asked me to find Dan Bryant to see what we can do
 * Dan is a really hard guy to locate
 * I walked around and went to his office, but did not see him
 * As such, I will send him an email
 * I will be out of the lab tomorrow and Friday, so I will have dan talk to Andy as well
 * I got a reply, apparently there is a chemical disposal form I need to fill out and then I can place the container in shipping and receiving for someone to come a pick it up at some undermined time.
 * I found Rick Bradley and he helped me dispose of the chemical
 * The forms are in the clean room offices (NE corner of the building)
 * Fill one out, peel off the back, stick it to the bottle and a tech will escort you to the shipping/rec room
 * In the room you sign in the chemical on a sheet to your right as you enter the door
 * At the end of the room on your right is a door to the chem stores
 * Drop off your labeled chemical in the proper bin for disposal!


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