Pictures above are a few shots of the labs and front gate.
The box of standards arrived today and there was no physical damage to any of the contents. The samples were warm as the freezer pack had thawed. All of the samples were placed in the freezer for analysis to begin tomorrow.
Today was spent seeing if the background noise on the ECD detectors could be lowered. I tried raising the temperature to 350 degrees centigrade but no luck. The detectors seem to be running right on the upper limit of being useful and no additional baking seems to make any difference. The ECD cells are probably getting toward the end of their lifespan in this environment. I would expect that they will perform adequately for at least another year or two before needing to be replaced. The power system here has many brown-outs during the day and I would guess that these power dips and spikes have hastened the demise of these detectors.
The rest of the day was spent assisting Anna and her group getting another rotovap operational. The effluent from this rotovap and the others in the lab were being tested for contamination via the GC-ECD. So this and running the samples occupied a good portion of the day.
The newest version of the LIMS spreadsheet was provided to the lab and this along with calibrating the method will begin tomorrow.
A note on the internet service here; The service is very slow and prone to frequent loss of service. There appears to be wireless service almost every where I turn on my computer. Expect fairly basic service and slow access to anything out of the immediate area.
Today was spent seeing if the background noise on the ECD detectors could be lowered. I tried raising the temperature to 350 degrees centigrade but no luck. The detectors seem to be running right on the upper limit of being useful and no additional baking seems to make any difference. The ECD cells are probably getting toward the end of their lifespan in this environment. I would expect that they will perform adequately for at least another year or two before needing to be replaced. The power system here has many brown-outs during the day and I would guess that these power dips and spikes have hastened the demise of these detectors.
The rest of the day was spent assisting Anna and her group getting another rotovap operational. The effluent from this rotovap and the others in the lab were being tested for contamination via the GC-ECD. So this and running the samples occupied a good portion of the day.
The newest version of the LIMS spreadsheet was provided to the lab and this along with calibrating the method will begin tomorrow.
A note on the internet service here; The service is very slow and prone to frequent loss of service. There appears to be wireless service almost every where I turn on my computer. Expect fairly basic service and slow access to anything out of the immediate area.
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