pH meters

I introduced the previous blog about our InnovATEBIO webinar ( To Reduce Variability/Enhance Reproducibility: Begin at the Beginning ) with a story about pH measurement. In the experience described in that blog, I was trying to measure the pH of a difficult solution, one with a high pH and containing urea. As it turns out, problems with pH measurement have continued to bubble up periodically in my life, even when my knowledge of such measurements is considerably more sophisticated than it was long ago. The table below shows data from a team of my... Read more

Hello! First of all, let's talk about last week. It's so good to be back working at Portland State University ! I don't know what it is about, but I love working in an academic environment. Those of you reading this that knew me twenty years ago, who would've guessed, right? So, yay, I am back at PSU (temporarily anyways).

My first day at the lab was a Monday. That's the day we have lab meetings. In this meeting, graduate student, Eric Iverson , presented about his project which involves testing all of the ORFs... Read more

This week Jennifer's classwork takes it's toll on outside activities, decontamination continues, and we learn about YOLO and safety goggles.

What a challenging week. It was Exam 1 week for ALL of our classes. I'm pleased to report I got an A in my Basic Lab Technique written and practical exams (woohoo metric conversion redemption!). The rest of the exams are not graded or back yet. It's a safe bet that I did okay on them. Okay isn't good enough for me though.

Eighteen term units is pretty serious and is requiring a healthy amount of my time.... Read more