
cell culture
Comparing flasks dishes and plates
How to choose flasks, dishes or multiwell plates for a culture week: expansion, treatment and imaging, with the failure each format is prone to.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
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Articles tagged plates. Tags group methods across clusters so a technique can be found from more than one route.
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cell culture
How to choose flasks, dishes or multiwell plates for a culture week: expansion, treatment and imaging, with the failure each format is prone to.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read

liquid handling
See which variances a liquid handler removes and which tip, clot, dead-volume, and deck errors it adds, then plan the check.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read

microbiology
A negative-control plate that grows colonies means the label, the drug, or the DNA was wrong. Write the antibiotic and the date on the base so lids cannot swap
8 October 2026 · 9 min read

liquid handling
Compare single-channel and multichannel work on a 96-well plate, including tip seating, depth, angle, and the bias a loose tip leaves.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read

labware
How to trace a weak or noisy plate reading to well colour: clear for absorbance, white for luminescence, and black for fluorescence.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read

microbiology
A lawn on selective agar usually means the antibiotic failed or far too many cells were plated. Separate those causes before you treat the plate as a success.
8 October 2026 · 10 min read