I spent a summer during college working in a lab that did
by Barrister (2024-04-01 09:32:15)

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research on plant DNA. I was basically a lab tech, collecting leaf samples from corn plants and doing phenol extractions of the DNA for the researchers to use.

I was reaching for a reagent bottle one day, not realizing someone else had left a burner on. The flame was so clean, and the sun coming through the windows made it almost impossible to see. I reached right through the flame and took all the hair off my forearm. Smelled horrible, but somehow I wasn't injured at all.

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