Need Help!!!

[pharmstudent993]

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Hey guys,
I was wondering if anybody out there (specifically medical microbiologist) know how to make a homemade incubator. I have heard you can use a desk lamp and monitor its temperature with a thermometer. By the way, I suck with technology, so anything that requires any kind of engineering I probably can't do it. Thanks for any of your replies.

 

[DarksideAllstar]

Why the hell do you need an incubator?

 

[pharmstudent993]

Why the hell do you need an incubator?

I need to incubate Bacillus subtilis. It is a research project, don't ask for details.Isn't that what most incubators are used for?

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I need to incubate Bacillus subtilis. It is a research project, don't ask for details.Isn't that what most incubators are used for?

You working in a lab? They should have incubators.

Unless you plan to do grow that stuff in your basement...and why would you do that?

 

[DarksideAllstar]

I need to incubate Bacillus subtilis. It is a research project, don't ask for details.Isn't that what most incubators are used for?

I know what incubators are used for (and you can use them for more than bacterial culture, jackass). Any "research project" in which you have to supply your own equipment sounds like a real winner. With that type of continued mentorship from whomever your PI/lab is, I'm sure you will go super far in life.

 

[pharmstudent993]

You working in a lab? They should have incubators.

Unless you plan to do grow that stuff in your basement...and why would you do that?

I am not working in a lab. This is a freelance research project.

 

[pharmstudent993]

I know what incubators are used for (and you can use them for more than bacterial culture, jackass). Any "research project" in which you have to supply your own equipment sounds like a real winner. With that type of continued mentorship from whomever your PI/lab is, I'm sure you will go super far in life.

As I said above, I am not working in a lab, and again this is a freelance research project. It is not going on a resume and it is not going to be published in some kind of journal. I think I have established why I need an incubator, all that I need now is some useful advice.

 

[DarksideAllstar]

As I said above, I am not working in a lab, and again this is a freelance research project. It is not going on a resume and it is not going to be published in some kind of journal. I think I have established why I need an incubator, all that I need now is some useful advice.

You didn't "say above" that you weren't working in a lab.

 

[pharmstudent993]

You didn't "say above" that you weren't working in a lab.

What is above the comment you just qouted?

 

[yaah]

I would think you would be able to borrow someone's incubator space easier than making your own. Other than that, I don't know how you would tightly control temperature and conditions with cheap, available home materials. I would think you would have more success searching the internet for this than asking here. Most of us are either med students or residents, some have worked in labs but very few are doing experiments in their garages. I mean, are you going to make your own blood plates too? You may not even need an incubator, lots of bacteria grow without much help.

Your posts raise more questions than they answer. Who does a freelance research project on Bacillus for which you have no access to any lab space? For all we know you're trying to grow a different type of Bacillus. I'd rather not be a party to some disgruntled half-assed terrorist attack.

 

[DarksideAllstar]

What is above the comment you just qouted?

Oh yeah, my bad. I must have been blinded by the ridiculousness of why anyone would want to do this stuff at home and without any academic purpose.

 

[heartsounds]

hahaha, i bet you're growing shrooms.

find a chat room for people growing shrooms, they have endless pages on making incubators at home. fish tanks work well, and reptile cage-warmers that automatically keep the temp constant.

 

[pharmstudent993]

I am not growing shrooms nor am I a half-assed terrorist. This is just to keep myself busy. I am a budding microbiology major and I am trying to get used to the lab work that i will be doing. Obviuosly, this is a crude way to practice but it is better than doing nothing.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Moderators...would it be feasible to move this thread? Although microbiology certainly is relevant to pathology, the topic of designing homemade incubators may not be?

 

[Circumflex]

I am not growing shrooms nor am I a half-assed terrorist. This is just to keep myself busy. I am a budding microbiology major and I am trying to get used to the lab work that i will be doing. Obviuosly, this is a crude way to practice but it is better than doing nothing.

If you are interested in microbiology, contact a microbiologist at a university or a hospital and ask to work with them (they may even pay you as a student worker). It will be much more productive, less frustrating, and less dangerous than trying to do crude experiments in the basement.

 

[pharmstudent993]

If you are interested in microbiology, contact a microbiologist at a university or a hospital and ask to work with them (they may even pay you as a student worker). It will be much more productive, less frustrating, and less dangerous than trying to do crude experiments in the basement.

Thank you very much.😀

 

[yaah]

Moderators...would it be feasible to move this thread? Although microbiology certainly is relevant to pathology, the topic of designing homemade incubators may not be?

I'm just going to close it. I think we've gotten all we can get out of it. I don't know where a better option is. Maybe MD/PhD? 😉