#LabShopping Adventures: Choosing the right pipette tip

We've all been there. A failed experiment. What went wrong? According to studies published in Science and Biotechniqueslow-quality plastics could be the problem.How does your lab decide which pipette tips to use? Choose wisely!

(if you have trouble following along, read the script below)

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Choosing The Right Tip 

Scientist grabs pipettor.Pipettor hovers over a box of pipette tips as scientists debates which tips to select.Pipette tips in box: “Pick me!!!!” “No me!”, “oooh, oooh, ooh!!!! Over here!!! (perhaps they’re jumping up and down a bit).Tips that didn’t get picked are disappointed. “drat” “@#$%”, etc.

How much thought do you put into selecting pipette tips? Hopefully more than 6 seconds.

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