The only thing better than a snow day (as a PI) is a manuscript acceptance! Today we got a little bit of both. Can’t wait to see our latest biofilms manuscript finally see the light of day @ Gut Microbes. Happy Tuesday, everyone!

Lab hack #2, for all the microbiologists doing CFUs: use the spot plate method to save on plates! Do a 10-fold dilution series of your samples in a 96-well plate, then use a multi-channel pipettor to plate 4-5 uL onto (very dry) agar plates in duplicate. Not my finest example, but you get the point.

Thought I’d kick off my bsky account with some of my fav lab hacks. First up, how to balance a centrifuge with any number of tubes (except 1 and 23). Courtesy of a post on Reddit from a few years ago (u/aliyoh). The colors represent up to 2 different tube weights. www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...