Tales from the Lab #4: More About Mold I had intended to post a blog yesterday, but my plans got a bit derailed by a little thing called fungus. In other words, work was very busy and by the time I got home, I was too drained to do much more than order a pizza. […]

Tales from the Lab #3: A Tale of Three Keyboards This month’s installment of Tales from the Lab features a couple of my coworkers from many years ago (names changed for privacy). To preface the story, it’s been a recurring theme throughout my career that chemists innately believe their work areas, lab spaces, computers, etc. […]

Tales from the Lab #2: How to Clear a Micro Lab (Part One) To preface this particular tale, the reader needs to understand a few things when it comes to microbiology labs. Foremost, the lab is prone to many unpleasant smells; most bacterial cultures stink. The second important item to note is that any microbiologist […]

Tales from the Lab #1: The Coffee Mold I’ve been wanting to do something “fun” for my blog for a while now, something that isn’t necessarily related directly to my books and I came up with this idea a few days ago. As some of you know, I’m a microbiologist by profession, though a writer […]