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Here's Our Wishlist! (Ranked in order of necessity). For every thing that we get donated, we can subtract that from the $2500 we need to raise for equipment.
ROUND ONE GOAL:
$900
This is everything we need to open in September. Scroll down to see the complete list!
Facility Improvement Costs ($50)
Safety
Safety
- Gloves ($10)
- Masks ($5)
- Ethanol/Alcohol for cleaning ($10)
- Eyewash solution ($10)
- Microscope
- Available from AmScope for $200
- Scale ($20)
- Biology Kit ($220) ****
- Glassware ($15)
- Mini Fridge ($40) for keeping reagents at the right temperatures
- Dremel ($30)
- Sterilization tool ($50)
- Incubator ($30)
- Batteries ($10)
- Computer with up-to-date software
- Luria Broth and Medium ($50)
- Agar ($40)
- Kimwipes ($5)
- Habitats ($20)
- Organisms ($70)
- Kits ($15-$20)
OUR GOAL
$2,500
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**** Included in the Biology kit:
□ Acetic acid, 6 M, 15 mL □ Agar powder, 10 g (sufficient to prepare 500 mL of agar medium for 100+ 50mm Petri dishes) □ Alligator clip lead, black □ Alligator clip lead, red □ Ammonia, 6 M, 15 mL □ Ammonium nitrate1 □ Antibiotic powder, penicillin2 □ Antibiotic powder, chortetracycline □ Antibiotic powder, sulfadimethoxine □ Antibiotic solution, neomycin □ Ascorbic acid tablets, 500 mg □ Barfoed's reagent, 30 mL □ Beaker, PP, 50 mL □ Beaker, PP, 100 mL □ Beaker, PP, 250 mL □ Benedict's reagent (qualitative), 30 mL □ Biuret reagent, 30 mL □ Bottle, PP, 125 mL (Fertilizer A is shipped in this) □ Bromothymol blue, 15 mL □ Centrifuge tubes, 15 mL, w/cap (6) □ Centrifuge tubes, 50 mL, w/cap (6) □ Chromatography paper, 8.5x11" sheet □ BC03 Culture, mixed bacteria3 (optional, see below) □ Cylinder, graduated, PP, 10 mL □ Cylinder, graduated, PP, 100 mL □ Dextrose (d-glucose), 20 g □ l-Glutamine |
□ Glycerol, 15 mL
□ Goggles, chemical splash (w/ cap vents) □ Gum arabic powder □ Hydrochloric acid, 6 M, 30 mL □ Inoculating loop □ Lead(II) acetate, 0.1 M, 15 mL □ Magnifier □ Methyl Cellulose, 15 mL □ Petri dishes* □ Pipettes, PE □ Prepared slides set (optional, see below) □ Reaction plate, 24-well □ Reaction plate, 96-well □ Resorcinol, 0.25% (Seliwanoff's reagent A), 15 mL □ Rhizobia culture3, 4 □ Ruler, 6”/150mm □ Scalpel □ Seeds, lima bean3 □ Slides, flat, frosted, 1”x3”, pack of 72 □ Slides, thick cavity, 1”x3” x 3mm thick, pack of 6 □ Slide cover slips, pack □ Spatula, stainless, 4”, flat/spoon □ Sodium borate, 0.1% w/r to boron, 30 mL □ Sodium dodecyl sulfate, 10% w/w, 15 mL □ Sodium hydroxide, 6 M, 30 mL □ Stain: Eosin Y, 15 mL □ Stain: Hucker's Crystal Violet, 15 mL □ Stain: Iodine5 □ Stain: Methylene Blue, 15 mL □ Stain: Safranin O, 15 mL |
□ Stain: Sudan III, 15 mL
□ Stirring rod, 6” x 5mm □ Stoppers □ Teasing needle, bent □ Teasing needle, straight □ Test paper, wide-range pH □ Test paper, phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) (100 strips) □ Test tubes, 16x100mm (6) □ Test tube brush (1) □ Test tube clamp (1) □ Test tube rack, polypropylene, blue/yellow, autoclavable □ Thermometer □ Turmeric reagent, 15 mL □ Yeast3 □ Fertilizer, concentrate A, 125 mL (to make 12.5 liters of nitrogen-free fertilizer) □ Fertilizer, concentrate B, 30 mL (to make 12.5 liters of nitrogen-free fertilizer) □ Fertilizer, concentrate C, 15 mL (to make 12.5 liters of nitrogen-free fertilizer) □ Forceps □ Funnel □ Gelatin powder |