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-Thanks a ton, your friends at the Kentucky STAR Center

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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: 
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$900
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This is everything we need to open in September. Scroll down to see the complete list! 

Facility Improvement Costs ($50) 
 Safety
  • Gloves ($10)
  • Masks  ($5)
  • Ethanol/Alcohol for cleaning ($10)
  • Eyewash solution ($10)  
Laboratory Equipment
  • Microscope
  • 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
Lab Consumables:
  • Luria Broth and Medium ($50)  
  • Agar ($40)
  • Kimwipes ($5)
  • Habitats ($20)
  • Organisms ($70)
  • ​Kits ($15-$20) 


​OUR GOAL
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​$2,500

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  • Sink ($100)
  • Decor (1) (Paint and tools to get the facilities in working condition) ($20)
  • Cleaning Supplies (2) ($10)
  • Safety Wear (1) ($25)
    • ​​Gloves ($5 purchase at walmart)
    • Goggles
    • Masks
    • Fire Extinguisher
  • Microscope (1) ($200)
  • Isopropyl Alcohol ($10)
  • Biology Kit (1)**** ($230)
  • Glassware (B Kit includes 3; still seeking donations)
  • Scale (1) ($10)
  • Chemistry Kit (1) ($85)​
  • Petri Dishes (B Kit includes 6, reusable) ($20)
  • Planaria ($10)
  • Pipettes (some in B kit ; still seeking donations)
  • Habitats (1) ($10)
  • Micropipettes (1) ($20)
  • Pressure Cooker (autoclave) (1) ($20)
  • Microcentrifuge tubes (some in B kit) ($12)
  • LB ($50)
  • Agar (B Kit includes some) ($25)
  • Dremel
  • Dremelfuge (recieved)
  • Alligator Clips (some in B kit)($4)
  • Batteries ($10)
  • Fume Hood ($100)
  • Incubator ($80)
  • Deionized water ($10)​
  • Universal Indicator (1) ($5)
  • Fridge/Freezer ($80)
  • Acetone ($2)
  • Sodium Bicarbonate ($2)
  • Kimwipes ($2)
  • Soldering Iron (received!)
  • Solder ($10)
  • Wires ($10)
  • Make-Make Board ($20)
  • Permanent markers ($5)​​

  • Electrophoresis Equipment ($200)
  • Plastic Vials for Cell Culture($10)
  • Carolina Blu​ (stain for Electrophoresis) ($12)​​
  • ​Cell Dye Kits (Some dyes in kit)($20)
  • LEDs ($10)
  • Any electronic parts
  • Craft Supplies
  • Arduino ($10)
  • ​DNA Extraction kit ($50)
  • PCR Machine
  • PCR Kit
  • Miniprep Kit
  • CRISPR​
**** 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