Tobias Baskin's sort-of real time science blog
Last week, I had three sessions on the confocal to work on calibration. My calibration went from steaming garbage to cold leftover pizza (Fig. 1). Better, but not yet appetizing. What you are looking at in Figure 1 is the field of view that the microscope camera and I see during calibration. As I explained last […]
I can think of stronger words: mutilation? defenestration? OK, OK. I was not injured let alone thrown out of a window. This past week, for the first time, I tried to calibrate the system. What system? The one I brought here to observe and quantify polarized fluorescence on a confocal microscope. The heart of the […]
Maestro to the pit; actors to their places; its time to raise the curtain. Sure, that might be happening over at the Crescent Theatre with their latest production, but I am talking about mine: I am ready to collect data. I am ready because of wo breakthroughs that happened in January. OK, the word breakthrough implies fabulous […]
Hi Lab Fab fans. UMass changed blogging platforms which forced me to take a few weeks off while they retooled. Things seem ok now (?). The following post was written for Jan 14th but still holds. By the way if you like Lab Fab, consider subscribing to never miss a post. Its free! Scroll down below the socks […]