I am just curious to know, if there is any gender/ experience bias in the way we use tips for our pipettes.
Please answer the questions.
Thanks,
Ameya
Edited by gt_ameya, 23 March 2011 - 10:04 PM.
Posted 23 March 2011 - 10:03 PM
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 12:35 AM
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 01:17 AM
Posted 24 March 2011 - 01:22 AM
oh, I answered from top to bottom and then left to right - this is very important and I am really neurotic about it - everybody in my lab keeps their fingers from my tip boxes
So for me its two answers instead of one
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 01:36 AM
oh, I answered from top to bottom and then left to right - this is very important and I am really neurotic about it - everybody in my lab keeps their fingers from my tip boxes
So for me its two answers instead of one
Posted 24 March 2011 - 04:30 AM
Posted 24 March 2011 - 04:52 AM
Posted 24 March 2011 - 05:40 AM
Edited by casandra, 24 March 2011 - 08:18 AM.
Posted 24 March 2011 - 07:37 AM
Posted 24 March 2011 - 08:15 AM
oooh...this is getting more interesting...perhaps a right vs left brain functioning?and the thing is you are getting even more neurotic with age
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But as I see from my students it is not depending on the culture or on whether you are left or right handed - some people even "draw" when taking out tips - I once had a student who took the first tips from a box "drawing" houses, flowers, suns, smilies....
Posted 24 March 2011 - 08:36 AM
A long time ago I started to sort EVERYTHING that way when doing DNA Extraction - so the reaction tubes - top to bottom left to right, I think mainly because we are using 8 piece PCR stripes. This reduces the risk of mixing samples and getting confused a lot when doing large extractions (i.e. 150 - 200 samples a day) - you have a automatic order to follow AND can control with the tips used where you are. At some point it got obsessive it seems....
Probably should consult a psychologist because of this!![]()
But no way to do it in another way, I would have the feeling to have made a mistake or mixed things up.....
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 08:55 AM
A long time ago I started to sort EVERYTHING that way when doing DNA Extraction - so the reaction tubes - top to bottom left to right, I think mainly because we are using 8 piece PCR stripes. This reduces the risk of mixing samples and getting confused a lot when doing large extractions (i.e. 150 - 200 samples a day) - you have a automatic order to follow AND can control with the tips used where you are. At some point it got obsessive it seems....
Probably should consult a psychologist because of this!![]()
But no way to do it in another way, I would have the feeling to have made a mistake or mixed things up.....
I can see this.. It makes sense...
Its because you want to maintain a certain order , a certain workmethod.
However: I understand it when you start with a fresh box (fille completely), but what when you start with a box that is half filled? They you cant really use the counting of the tips as a control? Or you do you remember where you started at? (by for example always starting at a new row.. and thus for example leaving a few tips in the box of a non complete row? .. if you get what I mean?)
Posted 24 March 2011 - 11:06 AM
Posted 24 March 2011 - 11:22 AM
This is interesting, I'm with you, almost a doctor
I too do Left to Right, and is from bottom to Top.
and when I fill in the tips, is from left to right, but from Top to bottom...usually.
I used to draw on my tips box too... kinda coincident. show u all my art next time.
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Posted 24 March 2011 - 09:52 PM
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