• Question: what types of chemicals do you use in your experiment

    Asked by haydenmarchant to Emma, James, Jayne, Kara, Sharon on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sharon Sneddon

      Sharon Sneddon answered on 13 Mar 2011:

      Hi!
      Thanks for your question.
      I use lots of chemicals in my research, far too many to write down, and I don’t think I would remember them all! We have 6 huge shelves in the lab filled with chemicals, as well as lots of fridges and freezers with the ones we need to keep cold.
      The three chemicals that I use most of the time are called
      N-6 dimethylaminopurine, cyclohexamide and puromycin.
      Sharon

    • Photo: Emma King

      Emma King answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      I don’t work in the lab so no chemicals at all for me. Although most of my work is fueled by tea and chocolate. Does that count?

    • Photo: Jayne Charnock

      Jayne Charnock answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      ooooh lots and lots!

      I could write a big list, but im a rubbish chemist and they all look like white powders to me! I just read whats on the label of the tub and weigh out the correct amount that it says on my protocols!

      The chemicals im more excited about are the biological ones, like factors which are produced by the body and we add to our cells to make them grow more/less/differentiate etc. We use lots of interferon-B, VEGF, EGF, FGF, IGFs – these are all things cells use to signal between each other with and can do all kind of cool things like direct differentiation of stem cells

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