#lab notebook

[musiclovingmoth]

and when i say "specimens" i don't mean taxidermied mounts made to look lifelike for exhibit, i'm talking about the thousands to millions of specimens lying in drawers and shelves like this:

asking because i didn't know this until i was in high school. reblogs greatly appreciated, i want to reach as far out of science nerd tumblr as possible!

#science #biology #paleontology #botany #entomology #animals #birds #mammals #herpetology #microbiology #nature #museum #dark academia #vulture culture #throwing those last two in for good measure... #lab notebook

[ecto-hazard]

The objectsonas

#grey art #lab notebook #heart monitor #objectsona #booksona #they have different vibes but they’re both me I think just different flavors

[hawtchocolate]

Incredibly satisfying that I started this lab notebook on 1/1/21 and I'm finishing it on 12/31/22

#well there's one empty page #but it's really only half a page #so I'm just going to start a new one #lab notebook #science #neuroscience #biology #laboratory #phd #phd student #phdblr #gradblr #grad student #research #scientist #handwriting #flip through #hawtchocolate

[hyadez]

sometimes i think about how ppl want nonbinary characters with ambiguous birth assignments and feel Bad that I have no desire to write that. hyades being afab is actually a fairly important part of their backstory. it influences their sex life heavily and is the main reason they refuse to bottom. and they're written like that bc its what i personally want to see in nonbinary characters- being Actually Trans and not just handwaving it

i mean it's also significant that hyades quite literally just says they're transsexual/transgender in most circumstances. if asked by someone that isn't cis they'll probably say androgyne or neutral or so but like. they identify more with being trans

#lab notebook #i mean i also just think its very boring to write stuff entirely detatched from reality! #and i rarely enjoy reading it. i like my gays to face homophobia thanks #or in this case. a blend of transphobia/homophobia/biphobia/ableism

[rayraystudies]

Instagram story on Sept/17/2023 (@rayraystudies)

#studyblr #studyspo #notespo #lab notebook #instagram story #ray ray studies

[d--t]

Kudzu Lab Notebook #1

According to what I learned at camp, taking kudzu from vine to fiber has several steps. harvest vine retting cleaning use or process further Harvesting Look for this season’s runner vines. They should not be brown/purple or woody, nor have roots. Strip off the leaves by snapping them off the vine. cut off branching vines and add them to the coil Retting Coil the vines up in bundles of…

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#kudzu processing #lab notebook

[science-bastard]

i bend sexily over my lab bench to jot down a data point but my assistant doesn’t notice because they’re too busy drawing little faces on the test tubes and making them kiss

#they took a leaf out of my lab notebook #mad scientist #mad science #sciencecore #villaincore #gay science #assistantposting #lab records #i love having my annual test tubes kissing post :3

[logilablabsolution]

Read more to know more..

#blog #lab notebook

[thepythakorean]

stuff from today! the corpse flower in our greenhouse is due to bloom any day now. also finally prepped some parasitoid flies (and two wasps), time to get down to id. bottom pic is an invasive japanese beetle female which you can tell because of the prominent distal tarsal projection (the long blunt spine at the end of its leg). males only have a small spine and fly a lot more so they can get to the ladies :p

#lab notebook

[abyssalzones]

stream of consciousness fountain pen art

#lab creations #traditional art #the first one I drew in a little pocket notebook and edited later #I like the second one more. was thinking about south scrimshaw

[musiclovingmoth]

after barely a day of my poll being up it seems like so many people know about and really love natural history collections which makes my heart sing!! i would love for my fellow natural history nerds to rise up and sign this petition to protect one!!

duke university is CLOSING its herbarium which holds over 800,000 plant/fungus/algae specimens including 2,000 types spanning 180 years of collection effort all across the planet. it is the second largest private university herbarium in the entire united states. this is really bad!! i will explain in short terms:

every natural history collection's purpose is to collect and maintain specimens, which are collectively supposed to be a thorough representation of biodiversity across time and space. when sampled at regular intervals at the same places, specimens can tell endless stories about changes in shape, abundance, range, genetics, and SO much more. basically, they are a big sample size to use in all manner of studies, including those that concern climate change and biodiversity loss! new species and evolutionary relationships are constantly discovered at collections even when specimens are like 100 years old. duke has recently championed itself as a global leader in biodiversity research which is honestly in jawdropping conflict with its move to close its herbarium. this herbarium not only supplies duke researchers with material but researchers all over the world. specimens have been cited in over 46,000 publications and over 13,000 since 2019 alone. we have old shit in our cabinets but the science is anything but history!

faculty and staff have 2-3 years to move the specimens elsewhere which is NOT enough time for 800,000 old dried plant/fungus specimens. this is an issue in even the BEST natural history collections at the biggest institutions but collections are pretty much always understaffed and underpaid. a university collection usually relies a lot on student labor and you know they do not have the time to be contributing to this move. to find collections that would take these specimens AND allocate the manpower and time needed to send them off is not feasible. types, especially holotypes should really NEVER be transported because they serve as the exemplar for the characteristics of the species it represents. i do not feel good about hurrying 800,000 old, fragile specimens including 2,000 types getting moved in a short amount of time by a few people. i do not want to know what will happen to the remaining specimens that don't make it out in time.

this sets a really dangerous precedent for other university collections across the world. this is not a random state school, this is duke university, which is practically an ivy league. if they close such a prominent and respected collection just because they're not 260% maximizing their profits, it may let other greedy university admins know they can get away with the same. i've only been in the professional collections world for a short time but shutting down a collection let alone one as big as duke's is almost UNHEARD of. i haven't seen scientists band together so strongly and quickly over an issue (i'm in an ENTOMOLOGY collections listserv and someone advocated for emailing duke admin against this decision), probably because they can all agree on how strongly this could impact climate and biodiversity research and policymaking down the road.

tl;dr if duke herbarium really closes, we would be losing a vital hub for ongoing and future research that helps us understand how our world is changing through the dynamics of our plants and their allies. other institutions might see this and follow suit with their own collections.

#tbh tho ento peeps are prob so concerned because if plants go we're next eek #science #nature #biology #botany #mycology #plants #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #lab notebook

[ecto-hazard]

Bookie

#grey art #booksona #lab notebook

[thatonebirdwrites]

Some of Lena's Handmade Spells

Going with the Flow: Happiness Spell (Attempt 4)

Majoram for Luck and Happiness.

Masterwort (Hog Fennel) mixed with Yarrow for Courage

Huckleberry crushed with Wintergreen for Hex-breaking

Lavender for Peace and Harmony

Crush all of the above and mix. If not pregnant nor have dermatitis, boil the above and strain. Bathe in the resulting tea or drink (Note to self: experiments did not determine which method improves spell. Perhaps more data points are needed? Four tries seems far too small a sample.). If pregnant and/or have dermatitis either avoid Yarrow or mix into a satchel to wear (Note to self: does satchel wearing actually work? What is the best way to test this hypothesis?)

Recite in language appropriate for magic:

"Release all burdens and negativity. Alleviate all pain and anxiety. Break all hexes that sunder. Restore one's youthful wonder. Amplify all joy and peace. After one day, the spell will cease."

(Note to self: translate into Irish or Latin? Why is Latin used for magic when my people come from an Irish heritage and Rome was a colonizer? Didn't pagan magic exist prior to the existence of Latin? More Research is needed.)

Necessary disclaimer: Kara and anyone reading this, please tread carefully with yarrow as it can impact dermatitis and shouldn't be used if pregnant. (Seriously, Kara, don't you dare touch my herb and berry supply again. I am not liable for your ridiculous prank teas. I'm watching you.)

Note to Lena: I only did the prank teas twice! And in my defense, I had no idea that herb caused diarrhea! You don't really label them with warnings. What if I helped by adding a disclaimer to all your labels to mark which ones are safe to ingest and/or drink?

Note to Kara: If it keeps you busy, then fine, but my notes are specifically for humans since I am a human. I do not have the data to determine what is safe for you to ingest.

Note to Lena: I'm pretty impervious and invulnerable to most things and have an iron stomach. I can even handle poisons that you definitely can't.

Note to Kara: Are you serious?? Did you ingest POISONS?? Please don't do that. I don't care how invulnerable you are. I'd like to not tempt fate. My heart simply cannot take that. Also, these notes defeat the purpose of the spell. I'm trying to restore my youthful wonder and joy and not faint from worry by you testing whether you can poison yourself with my herbs. Thanks.

Note to Lena: That's valid. I'll stop tempting fate.

Results:

Spent one day in a state of joy and wonder. Everything I did felt like I was trying it new, and it brought such happiness. I felt no anxiety or fear the entire twenty-three hours and forty-eight minutes. I discovered, however, that I was incapable of long-term planning. It seems the youthful wonder translated into being caught in the present moment, where I went with the flow. I also discovered a deep eagerness to share my joy with anyone within my vicinity.

Physical affection came much easier and without fear or anxiety or worries about people's perceptions of me. I was able to express my emotions freely in a way I've never done before, which was very mind-opening. Perhaps I need to discern ways to express my emotions more readily in safe settings without magic?

Perhaps an adjustment to spell to allow for planning?

Breaking the Hex of the Luthor Name (Attempt 2)

Note to self: This is probably nonsense. It's not like I can magic away people's memories of how awful and abusive my family was. But maybe I can somehow break any hexes placed on the name that somehow impact me unknowingly? This is my second attempt as I accidentally exploded the mixture the first time. I am unsure as to how that happened. If it happens again, then will adjust ingredients.

Vertivert

Huckleberry

Wintergreen

Shred the above herbs and pound them into a mixture. Burn the mixture and recite the following:

Break all hexes upon the Luthor Name. Sunder all evil eyes upon the Luthor Name. Exorcise all evil cast upon the Luthor Name.

Note to Self: This mixture did not explode! I adjusted the verbiage and verified the pronunciation of all translations into Irish. Latin caused the explosion the first time, and I believe it is because it is a dead language and I cannot locate proper pronunciation guides. Irish is not a dead language and pronunciation guides exist. Irish has also worked well with prior spells I've attempted so why not this one? Also, side note, that spell made me feel a lot lighter and less burdened. Is that wishful thinking on my part or did the spell actually work?

Results:

Four days and twenty minutes since I cast this spell: Donations to my foundation have increased by 120% starting within eight hours of casting my spell. Is this a correlation or causation?

Two months, three days, and sixteen hours since I cast this spell: Donations increased by 202% since last entry in this results column. We've been able to fund so many green energy projects and a ton of medical research! Surely these increases in donations wasn't all due to the spell? Had there been so much hexes on my last name that it impacted my ability to make headway with the foundation? I'm not sure what to think if so. I also am unsure how I would even discern the truth of this or test it in a way that proved causation.

Note from Kara: Lena!!! I totally think this is the spell that broke your stream of bad luck. You probably needed a good hex breaking. I'm so glad you did it!

Note to Kara: Avoid writing in my grimorie -- But Lena, you need outside perspective too for your experiments! I can totally help! -- and stop pouting when I steal my pen back to finish my notes. I will not fall for it. No matter how adorable you look.

Note to Self: Perhaps purchase separate notebook so Kara can write up her reflections on the results of my magic experiments. See if this alleviates her tendency to write in my grimorie.

To Be continued... May write more eventually.

#supercorp #magic!lena #Lena Luthor #Lena science-ing her magic #I looked up all of these herbs myself in order to determine if they are safe for people to use but even then I still urge folks to be SAFE #I can picture Kara trying to be helpful in Lena's lab and just sort of taking her pen to write a note to help with observations #Lena might be amused at first but soon find it distracting and possibly frustrating after awhile hence buying Kara her own notebook #kara danvers #magic spells #supergirl cw #cw supergirl #supergirl #kara x lena

[hyadez]

hyades and james are very funny to me bc theyre both obsessed with christmas but have entirely different taste in decorations. which isn't atypical of them but it does mean that everyone else around them is forced to deal with this

#lab notebook #theyre both on the party planning committee and have far too many rights in decorating things #also terrorizing their coworkers/employees with xmas music.

[stuckinapril]

genuinely appreciate the fact that i still study w physical textbooks and use sticky notes. the neuro clinic i'm interning at uses binders for patients and also uses paper for initial data entry and idk holding an actual pen and flipping through actual pages is so healing to me

#granted it's been a year?? i think even longer? #since i switched to an ipad #and it has been super efficient and just makes sense #but i can never let go of actual paper. sometimes i even do active recall in a random physical notebook for fun #my orgo lab assigns a notebook to each lab worker too so it's nice writing in there #i don't think i can fully go physical like my ipad was such a game changer #but this hybrid style is doing it for me and makes me retain info best i think

[5t4r5and5uch01]

All hail my design for MM Mikey‼️ if anyone cares

(I suck at drawings skateboards)

I fr kinda wanna color it but i gotta finish hw thats 2 days due :,D

#i dont think anyone cares but the cross straps on his palstrom is inspired by the *potential*??? desgins for tales of tmnt #i saw it somewhere idk #if any of you want i can show you what im talking about if you ask :) #nah cuz i fr drew this all over my lab notebook #my teachers gonna be jumpscared by Mikeys silliness #tmnt #tmnt fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt mutant mayhem #mutant mayhem #tmnt mm #mm mikey #mutant mayhem mikey #mutant mayhem michelangelo #tales of the tmnt 2024 #my art