Techie Lady

Checking my moss before open morning on Saturday and found this little cutie. 😍 Spotted another one and wondered, do we need a collective noun for tardigrades? Google suggested a 'squiggle' What do we think @KatLawrence @MossSafari?

@KatLawrence @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Have been down an Internet rabbit hole. These are over 1400 lumens apparently and come in all the fittings! Not cheap, but cheaper than new lamps. amzn.eu/d/0eqWzGqL

@TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Can't find any of the smaller ones greater than 850 lumens so think I'm going to have a replace a bunch of lamps as well as the bulbs!

I need new light sources for the Photosynthesis RP - what lights do your classes use? @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs and any other techs out there! 🙏🏻

@KatLawrence @AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith Mine are either E27 (screw in) or BC / B22 (bayonet). I keep them in separate trays to keep track. That little one could be an E14 which is sometimes used in smaller lamps. Buying light bulbs nowadays is a daunting exercise, too many choices 😢 Toolstation or B&Q should have them

@AGSBioTechs @dgs_science @ScietechSmith @TechieLady1 How do I source those!? I'm used to screw fit or bayonet - never seen a non standard size before

@KatLawrence @ScietechSmith @dgs_science @AGSBioTechs I bought one of these to get it going and it seems to do the trick. toolstation.com/wessex-240v-le… In the rooms I have conventional angle poise lamps with the highest lumen bulbs I can get. I got some 806lm bulbs in Sainsbury's. 💡

@ScietechSmith @dgs_science @TechieLady1 @AGSBioTechs Thank you!

At @NewTheatreOx for @ProfBrianCox and just bumped into my mate @KatLawrence It's going to be a great evening!

@KatLawrence You've always been the tardigrade whisperer!

I am clearly now the tardigrade whisperer as I was just showing some parents the two types and I said "what I'd really like is if this active one climbs onto the back of the other one, then you can see the size difference", then it happened!! So exciting 😁

So excited to witness this! The two types of tardigrade, not only in the same frame, but climbing over each other - a lovely comparison of size and how different they look. And then the tardigrade takes a bite of the rotifer who had just been there calmly feeding! @MossSafari

@PhysInHistory School science technician

Mention one task you think AI will never be able to perform in the same way as humans? ✍️

Half term reading, been meaning to borrow this from school for ages.

@bakwasbandkrein Simon

I'm pregnant and looking for a baby boy name that ends with “on” Help me out before my husband suggests Dragon again 🙂

@leysbiotutor Thanks for this. ❤️ I wouldn't have found them otherwise!

Free to download from the SAPS website!

Oooh! Molecules in plants. This COULD just replace Plop Trumps as our favourite card game! #BigBiologyDay

@MartinSLewis BSc Biochemistry and Physiology (1984-87) Yes, it was worthwhile. I was a Suffolk girl at a polytechnic (remember them?) in Lancashire. Graduated with a small overdraft and went straight into a job. If I was doing it now, I'd be trying for the degree apprenticeship route.

Tell Us: Did u go to University? If so was it worth it to u – financially or for other reasons? Pls include what year u went (recent or long ago) and if ur willing what Uni & what you studied. Producer Matt will compile these to read out in the podcast. Pls like ur faves too.

@KatLawrence @MossSafari Found this little chap at our open morning, parents were suitably impressed 😁

@MossSafari @TechieLady1 We found a beautiful active rotifer as well but the videos of that are still on the scopes SD card.

Open evening tardigrade wanted to say hi to everyone 👋 😊 @MossSafari

@KatLawrence @MossSafari That would be very cool 😍

@TechieLady1 @MossSafari 😟 Remind me next time I see you to bring you a moss sample - you might be able to start your own colony!

Starch grains in a banana. 🍌 Thank you @SAPS_News it worked a treat for our STEM club.

..and they're still going! @rocketgardens

My first flower from the 100 wildflower plugs delivered from @rocketgardens only a month ago! 🌱 Fantastic service and I'm delighted by how well they've grown. 😀 #cornflower #wildflowers

@ScietechSmith @KatLawrence ase.org.uk/ase-annual-con… Techie day is Friday 9th

@KatLawrence @TechieLady1 What are the dates and locations?

Really hoping to get to go to the ASE conference in Jan, just the A-Level practical session would be worth the ticket price. Fancy going again @TechieLady1 ? Hopefully wouldn't get stuck in floods again!

@KatLawrence Wouldn't say no! Couldn't be harder to get there than last time 😆

Tonights blood moon from West Berkshire. 🌜

@labtech666 I'd admire your optimism!

Will 'count back' notices in the trays ensure that all the equipment comes back at the end of the lesson? We can but hope!