1. Lab Equipment

When working in the lab, it is important to be familiar with the equipment you will be using.
Familiarity will help with understanding directions, asking questions, and being efficient.

  • Scale-used to measure the mass of solid materials
  • Micropipettes-used to sterilely transfer small volumes of liquid
  • Serological Pipettes-used to sterilely transfer larger volumes of liquid
  • Nanodrop-used to measure the absorbance or optical density of a liquid
  • Centrifuge-used to separate components of liquids based on density
  • Centrifuge Tube-capsule that is safe to use in a centrifuge
  • Microcentrifuge Tube-capsule that is safe to use in a centrifuge
  • Vortex-used to mix solutions in small tubes
  • Incubator-used to maintain a constant temperature for cells to grow
  • pH Meter-used to measure pH