General Lab Duties
Date all chemicals upon receipt
Specific Lab Duties
Updated Mar. 10, 2015
Task | Person | Description |
Pipette Tip Refills | Andrew | Refill and autoclave empty tip boxes once per week |
Biohazard Waste | Erin | Empty lab biohazard bins as needed. Pick up boxes if necessary. |
Amp Plates | Marcella | Pour LB/Amp plates as needed |
Kan Plates | Ye | Pour LB/Kan plates as needed |
Lucy | Matt | Communicate tasks to Lucy |
Ordering | Yu-Yu/Andrew | Order supplies and primers, print order summaries for non-primer orders |
Scope Room Maintenance | David Z. | Ensure that the scope room is clean, communicate with Brian Temple, Kalli Landua, and Eric Rothsgebo |
Cytometer Maintenance | Bárbara | Maintain cytometer. Run full clean once per week. |
Gas Inventory/Ordering | Andrew | Check gas cylinders, order new ones when necessary |
Autoclaving | Yu-Yu | Autoclave washed glassware and tips. Refill and autoclave microfuge tube bins |
Gel Area Clean-up | Razan | Clean gel area, dispose of dried gels, put down new bench cover as needed, check supplies |
Weigh Area Clean-up | Bárbara | Clean weigh area, check supplies (weigh paper and boats) |
Computers | Andrew/Matt | Update and back-up lab computers, liaise with IT, NAS, Wiki, |
LB// LB/Agar |
| Make LB and LB/Agar aliquots for lab (Ethan during school year) |
Tubes | Ye | Take tubes to dishwasher in basement; cap and rack for autoclaving |
Glassware | Lucy | Wash all dirty glassware |
Safety Officer | Razan/Andrew | Liase with EHS |
Qiagen Buffers | Make Qiagen buffers for lab | |
Beads | Andrew | Clean glass beads |
Aliquoting |
| Aliquot PCR buffers, dNTP stocks and antibiotics (Brian during school year) |
| Centrifuges | Clean and service centrifuges when necessary |