💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"Told a patient if he would like a seat while he waited, he was in a wheelchair"

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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"Used the wrong centrifuge rotor for 50 mL tubes. Tubes popped like champagne, biohazard everywhere. Friday night cleanup special!"

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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"I took 2 separate series of data, and spliced it into one dataset"

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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"touched a soldering iron"

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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"A member of my jury made me cry for my thesis defense"

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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"Used the 10A port on mutlimeter to measure AC mains voltage, thank god the line I connected to had a breaker. Today I learned how a multimeter actually works"

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Top lab fails of the week on OopsLog:

#1 "That moment when you misprogram the Akta purifier and your entire sample goes straight to waste.."
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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"That moment when you misprogram the Akta purifier and your entire sample goes straight to waste.."

🧪0 🫂1 🔥1 — 2 reactions

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Lab fail of the week on OopsLog:

#1 "Added a small amount of aqueous solution to my waste container—which still had sodium waste in hexane. Nice little fire."
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💀 Top lab fail of the day:

"Third time ever autoclaving and I thought I can save time by writing directly on the bottle with Sharpie. Nope, it can't be washed off. Tried to wipe it off with 96% EtOH, acetone, Ethyl acetate. I even attempted to peel off with scalpel without success. I guess I'll st

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Went to clean an addition funnel that previously contained benzyl bromide. From the residues still inside the plug valve, I swiftly learned how well it worked as tear gas.
— 🫠 instant regret

Lab fail of the week on OopsLog:

#1 "Spilled most of 20 mg of a coveted molecule I made in a 13 step synthesis"
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