I was in a freshman bio lab where an unbalanced centrifuge using glass test tubes sent blood and broken glass spraying over half the lab.
I hated lab courses so much I ended up just going into theoretical biology.
I have a theoretical degree in biology...
The duck is theoretical biology? Like math modeling and simulation stuff?
Exactly. For me, it’s been about creating mathematical and computational models of biological and ecological dynamics. There’s a researcher in what we could safely call computational sociology, which similarly tries to create a working model of social dynamics that exhibit/explore social processes (eg, altruism and contagion models). I e done a lot of work in that field too, because a lot of the math and systems theory is the same behind both.
God I feel the pain. Now I consider our bloody centrifuge a reasonable experience. Noticed a droplet of blood while the other students loaded in their capillairy tubes. Went to get some sds and alcohol to clean it. I return to see it turned on and spinning. Swore to never trust any lab equipment ever again. Was I glad to have that hep A/B shot.
The extreme centrifuge was even more fun. Luckily most students were too scared to weigh the counter balance. So I got to balance that +-0,002gram tolerance fucker. No walls were broken.
I wonder why they don't have some safety stop when they detect vibrations.
we would never get any science done
these small errors are actually needed for proper scienceing
I saw the who would win meme format with a centrifuge on the left and I was totally expecting a stuxnet joke
Pretty sure this was how Kevin Bacon blew up a science facility
