Shining light on protein dynamics @EmoryChem. Waiting for a laser emoji. Student run account.
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The Sonic Dismembrator. The cabinet that screams really loudly every 30 seconds to break cells. Forever.
Peak 2020/chaos vibes tonight in the Dyer lab
ALT Eppendorf tubes capped with other Eppendorf tubes
ALT Pipette tip box, with tips missing at random
We pride ourselves here in the Dyer lab on being able to monitor kinetics on a variety of timescales- as RBD likes to say, "from picoseconds to kiloseconds." One example of this is stopped-flow UV-Vis & fluorescence, where we can mix and then follow a reaction after just ~300 us
We have a LOT of different instruments in our lab, and we're always happy to share with our neighbors. Sam from the Davies lab (aka @NSFCCHF HQ) stopped by today to collect spectra of his gorgeous organic dyes- which he prepared in adorably tiny volumetric flasks!
ALT Red, orange, purple, and blue solutions in 10 mL volumetric flasks
ALT Sam sitting by the spectrometer and computer, surrounded by dyes and cuvettes
We're a biophysics lab, so most of our samples are proteins. Our awesome tech Qun does expression, but we sometimes have special purification needs. Here, there's a column with blue NiNTA resin for removing His-tagged byproducts after an enzymatic cleavage.
ALT blue resin in plastic column, small column is suspended and dripping buffer into a falcon tube
Congrats, Han!
And special great thanks to my advisor @k_salaita and my committee @conticellolab @DyerLab_Emory and @TimLian5 for all the guidance and challenges during my PhD.
In taking the day to #ShutDownSTEM & reflect on racial injustice in academia, don't burden those suffering under an oppressive system with leading the change. Listening is a start, but learn & commit to real action rather than rely on marginalized colleagues to generate solutions
