I revisited the gel-eating tube question yesterday. I did the experiment in the suspect tube strips and in another brand in parallel.
Guess what? The other brand's reactions were fine, the original strips again ate the gel. How's that for science in action?
On a related note, the Greiner distributor/rep person is visiting in about 20 minutes. This is good because the latest batch of eppendorf tubes from them do not seal, which is a real pain when you're trying to mix and incubate RT reactions. And even worse when you're doing a phenol extraction.
I have evidence from a number of people that these tubes do not perform, and our Stores/finance person took one look at the tubes and agreed wholeheartedly. Which means Greiner will have to look to their laurels or we'll find a different supplier.
I like Fridays.
