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Lab Chronicles: Streaming with Rimo

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Lab Chronicles: Streaming with Rimo

Refresh your browser now and then as I will probably add comments.  Your money bought more lab time to repeat the experiments.  Previous experiments found no Phosphorus but Kevin suspects that the method is not sensitive enough, even so we need to repeat the test before trying a different analysis.  Below are some tweets and  the WTYL and YouTube versions (link).   The first 5 minutes of the video is bad audio, echo and feedback but that will get sorted. Start at 5 min.

Live Lab Session – Streaming With Rimo Yoko 08/08/2022 (3:45)

WTYL:

YT:

https://youtu.be/KYK7ZREksxs

 

Lab Research Updates – Streaming With Rimo Yoko

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Lab Research Updates – Streaming With Rimo Yoko

The money has been raised for more lab work and lab time can now be booked.  Thank you to everyone.  Keep up the good work.  Below is the WTYL version and underneath is the YT version which has playback disabled.  Dr Kevin McCairn needs the assistance of Rimo to help navigate Japanese etiquette when engaging with the institutional barriers to access the technology.

Lab Research Updates – Streaming With Rimo Yoko

Here is Rimo’s channel for all you Japanese speakers (you can probably use the auto-translate feature on YT).

This is her twitter account:

https://twitter.com/rimoyoko?s=21

 

 

 

Lab Chronicles: Mapping Vaccines

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Lab Chronicles: Mapping Vaccines

Lab bench work can be tedious and repetitive (I should know) and it is as important to rule things out as it is to rule them in. I have edited the video and accelerated segments up so that the video is cut down from about 2:22 mins to 22 mins. Dr McCairn with the assistance of Rimo live streamed the testing and employed SEM and EDX for elemental mapping.

SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) provides detailed high resolution images of the sample by rastering a focussed electron beam across the surface and detecting secondary or backscattered electron signal. An Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analyzer (EDX or EDA) is also used to provide elemental identification and quantitative compositional information. Genetic material should contain phosphorus [P] and nitrogen [N].

Dr McCairn commences with a platinum coated biological sample (as control) but cannot find nitrogen and wants to repeat the test without the coating. He detects the presence of phosphorus [P] and nitrogen [N] (out of range) in the biological control sample.This demonstrates that [P & N] in biological samples can be detected, however better control samples are needed. There was no detectable N or P in the Moderna vaccine that was tested. The audio is not very clear due to the masks and background noise from the equipment.

SEM/EDX – Mapping Jabberwockies (22 min)