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I don't think the user was unfamiliar with a pipette, but rather didn't know what was meant by pipetting 'right'.
by t_von_doom 6y ago
I don't think the user was unfamiliar with a pipette, but rather didn't know what was meant by pipetting 'right'.
- wittyreference 6y agoThat is it precisely. It was a matter of ejecting the pipette contents at the right moment while removing the pipette from the medium at the correct speed (I exaggerated my ignorance a little bit for rhetorical effect.) But there was no way to verbally teach the right "feel" for it - you just had to do it over and over until you learnt how pipetting "right" felt. You could (and I did) observe my PI do it the "right" way, but you can only get so close to hitting a baseball by watching a pro - at some point, you pick up the bat and learn by swinging.
- pwdisswordfish2 6y agoWhat if I had said "pipetting"? Semantics. Familiarirty with a piece of equipment versus familiarity proper technique when using it.