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I don’t see any contamination. It seems you have close to 100% confluence and I think they could be cells dying off. Kindly subculture at low cell concentration and I think you should be fine.

Yes, sterilizing soil samples is a common practice in experiments involving the degradation of organic pollutants. The purpose of sterilization is to eliminate or reduce the presence of microorganisms in the soil1. Microorganisms can participate in almost all the biogeochemical reactions in soil systems. Therefore, to clarify the functions of soil microorganisms in soil reactions, efficient soil sterilization approaches are required for conducting paired experiments in soils with and without microbes.

Different sterilization methods such as autoclaving, oven heating, ultraviolet irradiation, and microwave heating have different efficiencies and effects on soil particle size distribution1. For instance, oven heating was found to be the most efficient in sterilizing soils, with the highest efficiency for both bacteria (99.35%) and fungi (98.28%).

However, it’s important to note that all sterilization methods can alter the soil’s physical structure, such as its particle size distribution1. Therefore, the choice of sterilization method should consider its impact on the soil’s physical properties and the specific requirements of the experiment.

In the context of experiments on the degradation of organic pollutants, sterilization can help isolate the effects of the treatment (e.g., PMS) on pollutant degradation from the effects of soil microorganisms2. This can provide clearer insights into the mechanisms of pollutant degradation and the effectiveness of the treatment.

In conclusion, while sterilization is not always necessary, it can be a valuable tool in experimental design, depending on the specific goals and requirements of the experiment. It’s always recommended to consult relevant scientific literature or experts in the field when designing such experiments.

The presence of small black dots in cell cultures can indeed be confusing, especially for those new to cell culture work. These dots could potentially be cell debris, but they could also indicate contamination⁴.

**Cell Debris:** If the black dots are of varying sizes and shapes, they could be cell debris⁴. Cell debris can occur naturally as cells die and break apart, or it can be a result of mechanical stress during handling.

**Contamination:** If the black dots are of the same size and there is an increase in their number over time, this could indicate bacterial contamination⁴. However, you mentioned that these dots are not moving, which is not typical for bacterial contamination³.

There's also a phenomenon known as "black swimming dots" (BSDs) that has been observed in cell cultures¹. BSDs are extremely tiny dots found in dishes of cultured cells and are very hard to remove¹. They are nonliving inorganic nanoparticles but should derive from an unidentified airborne infectious organism¹. BSDs can bring adverse impact to cell experiments¹.

To determine the nature of these black dots, you might want to consider the following steps:

1. **Observation:** Keep monitoring your culture. If the number of black dots increases over time, it's more likely to be a contamination issue⁴.

2. **Microscopy:** Use a microscope to get a closer look at the black dots. Their shape, size, and behavior can provide clues about their nature⁴.

3. **Testing:** There are various tests available to detect specific types of contamination. For example, PCR-based methods can detect mycoplasma contamination².

(1) What are the little black dots in the cells? – Sage-Answer. https://sage-answer.com/what-are-the-little-black-dots-in-the-cells/.

(2) 3 Culture contaminants you hate and how to save your cells - Quartzy. https://blog.quartzy.com/3-culture-contaminants-you-hate-and-how-to-save-your-cells.

(3) Black swimming dots in cell culture: the identity, detection ... - bioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/07/15/366906.full.pdf.

(4) Common contamination and solutions in cell cultures_Cell Culture .... https://www.leadingbiology.com/article-131.html.

(5) Observed tiny black dots on cell culture - Cell Biology. http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums/posts/35069.html.

The bacteria were moving. We haven't known the actual source but everything is better since we have already replaced all the materials and cleaned the equipment.

It is extremely difficult to completely eliminate bacteria from contaminated cells, and the contamination can return. Many labs have HCT116 cells. Therefore, if your cells are not invaluable (transfected for example), the best thing to do is to throw away your culture and request the cell line from a nearby lab.

Hello Jung Yin Fong

Yes, it is yeast contamination. At 100x magnification you will find yeast cells as separate round or ovoid particles or in chains of two to four or more particles and can sometimes be multi-branched. The appearance of chains is due to the most common form of replication called budding. You will find that yeast cells are larger than bacterial cells but smaller than the mammalian cells.

In early stages of contamination, you will not observe any change in growth media. But as the infection increases, the culture media will turn cloudy.

For more information on yeast contamination you may want to refer to the link below.

https://unclineberger.org/tissueculture/contaminant/yeastcontam/#:~:text=Typical%20routes%20of%20infection%20in,surfaces%20during%20cell%20culture%20manipulation.

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The protocols for preventing blood and urine culture contamination involve several key steps: Hand Hygiene and Glove Use, Skin Antisepsis, Sterile Equipment Proper Collection Technique, Disinfect Sampling Ports, Labeling and Transport, Education and Training, and Prevention. quality Control: Implement quality control measures in the laboratory to monitor for contamination. Monitoring and Feedback, Regularly monitor contamination rates and provide feedback to staff to reinforce best practices.

I would not be so definite. I guess factors could be applied to different environmental compartments

Hello again, usually you should be able to adjust the gain yourself at the same time as you are doing your compensations.

Good luck

Hi! I'm currently facing the same issues. A colleague from another lab suggested we try ultra low attachment flasks with valves. Hope this helps.

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Heavy metal contamination in rice can indeed have adverse effects on the nutritional quality of the rice, posing health risks to consumers and impacting the overall nutritional value of this staple food. It is crucial to monitor and address heavy metal contamination in rice production to ensure food safety and protect public health.

Hello Disha, you have to maintain sterility while isolating the adipocytes. You can also increase the concentration of antibiotics in media and add antibiotics in PBS or saline to maintain the sterile environment throughout the experiment.

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Hi,

Thanks for your responses.

Yes, these cells are grown in L15 media with 10% FBS, with P/S, in an incubator without CO2. I don't observe any changes in media colour/transparency, and the cells seem to grow normally, although a bit slowly (I think they are still adjusting to being thawed).

I will inoculate some culture on LB tonight to know for sure.

The pictures do not show anything relevant.

This might no longer be helpful to you but Iʻve found many papers using cycloheximide in Ophiostomatales selective medium meaning in inhibits the growth of common fungal contaminants but not the symbiotic ambrosia fungi that I work with. Iʻm not sure what type of phytopathogen you are working with but if it is Ophiostomatales, cycloheximide might help, but if not it would probably be inhibited by it.

Thank you Ayyaz Khan , Rustem E Uzbekov for your guidance. and many thanks Malcolm Nobre for the detailed points to be considered during cell culture.

Spread about 50ul of FBS on antibiotic-free LB agar plate and incubate at 37°C overnight, if your FBS is contamined, you will see bacteria or fungal colonies.

The spectrum of the Bradford reagent is affected by dilution. This is probably why you saw the effect of water. When performing the Bradford assay, it is important to make sure that all samples have the same volume, so that the dilution of the Bradford reagent is the same in all cases.

These cells are not dividing and are actively dying. I would discard these cells and start a new batch. Use DMEM with 10% FBS and 1% Penicillin/streptomycin.

Well, you immediately have a problem with reproducibility if you use the samples, so it depends a lot on what you need the lipid for and what types of conclusions you would be making. If you are going to make claims about the fatty acid profile of the yeast, well the month long storage itself may have changed that in addition to whatever changes the fungus has caused. Other factors include which fungus (or fungi) are contaminating the sample, what residual growth substances were in the liquid between the yeast cells (e.g. were the cells washed before storing or are there still medium components present). How much lysis of the yeast occurred during the storage time? If all you need is some microbial lipid and you don't care what sort of profile it has and are not going to make conclusions about the productivity of the yeast it could be okay to extract your cells (might as well just leave the fungus with the yeast and extract everything). Separating the fungus from the yeast would be very challenging. I would expect the total lipid content to have gone down. Otherwise, unfortunately, you need to start over and hopefully utilising what you have learned in the first round, things go more efficiently this time.

i would always blank with whatever i have eluted my RNA with my i use silica columns but i guess you could do the same principle. blank with qiazol then measure your sample just a suggestion. But from the curve there may be contaminants at very close wavelengths.

Contaminated blood culture and urine culture due to skin flora can be addressed by improving sampling techniques. Here are some suggestions :

- Proper skin disinfection: Ensure thorough disinfection of the skin before collecting samples to reduce the presence of skin flora. Use appropriate antiseptic solutions such as chlorhexidine or alcohol-based solutions.

- Sterile technique: Follow strict sterile techniques during sample collection to prevent external contamination. Use sterile gloves, sterile collection containers, and avoid touching non-sterile surfaces.

- Site selection: Choose the appropriate site for sample collection, avoiding areas with high concentrations of skin flora. For blood culture, the venipuncture site should be cleansed properly, while for urine culture, the midstream catch technique can minimize contamination.

- Discard initial sample: Collect an initial portion of the sample to clear the urethral orifice or the venipuncture site of skin flora before obtaining the actual sample for culture.

- Educate healthcare providers: Ensure that healthcare providers are trained in proper sampling techniques and emphasize the importance of minimizing contamination during sample collection.

- Use culture-specific media: Select culture media that can inhibit the growth of common skin flora while allowing the growth of pathogens present in blood or urine samples.

Hello Zehra,

Your cells look absolutely fine based on the images. The cells are adhered and the confluency is almost 70%. As you said, if you passaged it yesterday, you seeded at high cell density.The confluency is already too high, so the media is consumed very quickly and turns yellow. If you are using antibiotics, I don't think there is any contamination. If there is an expert nearby, maybe you can ask them to take a look at the cells under the microscope. I hope this helps. Good luck!

If you mean the darker cells in irregular shape, they are attached cells. S2 is known to partly attach to TC treated surface when growing in S2 medium with FBS.

The two bands you refer to could be DNA fragments of different sizes produced by PCR amplification. The size of the DNA fragments can be estimated by comparing them to a DNA ladder or marker that contains DNA fragments of known sizes. If you are having trouble visualizing the two bands in your sample, try using a different staining method or increasing the amount of DNA loaded onto the gel. Alternatively, you could use a different PCR protocol or optimize the reaction conditions to improve the specificity and sensitivity of the amplification.

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Development of Novel Simple Sequence Repeat Markers in Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) Through Enriched Genomic Libraries and Their Utilization in Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Cross-Species Transferability | Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (springer.com).

Whole-genome sequencing provides insights into the genetic diversity and domestication of bitter gourd (Momordica spp.) (nature.com)

If the dispersed cloudy layer doesn't show any bacterial cells, it could potentially be cryopreserved cells that have surpassed their storage lifespan. Typically, if these are dead cells, they might follow the movement of the shaken plate. However, if they are bacteria, they usually exhibit flexible movement even when the plate is moved in a specific direction. Dead cells would often appear as shattered cell debris.

Hello.

Your cell culture probably infected by mycoplasm.

Read about cell line contamination by mycoplasm

Dear Dr. Pal

It gets frustrating when one faces contamination during PCR. The unexpected signal could be caused by contamination of reagents with template, DNA contamination or amplicon contamination.

I have listed down a few measures which you could adopt to prevent contamination.

1. Use separate rooms, one to prepare the PCR master mix and the other to add the template. This will help prevent introduction of template into the reagents. As far as possible, use a benchtop PCR hood to prepare the master mix as this will help minimize the risk of contamination, and a benchtop hood is simple to decontaminate.

2. Try to keep the components of the PCR mix like the enzyme, primers and probes, nuclease free water as well as the consumables like the pipettes, microfuge tubes and tips in a room that is not used to isolate or store the template.

3. Pipettes are a common source of contamination by means of aerosols. So, make use of filter tips that will act as a barrier between the pipette and the liquid being measured, thus preventing the transfer of aerosols into reagents and samples. Also, make use of positive displacement pipettes that will help limit the risk of aerosol contamination.

4. Clean pipettes and the working surface area with 5% bleach. You may also use UV sterilization to decontaminate the equipment including the pipettes and the tube racks.

5. Use a no ‘RT’ control in your experiment by omitting reverse transcriptase in the reverse transcription step. This will help you to identify genomic DNA contamination in RNA preparation.

6. Try to store your stock solutions in aliquots for one time use to minimize the risk of contamination of the stock solutions. Also, if you observe contamination, you may always repeat the experiment with fresh aliquots.

Since you have observed contamination, my advice to you is to repeat the experiment with fresh stocks. You may have to discard the existing reagents.

Regards,

Malcolm Nobre

I concur with Alexandra Johnson that this is lysis debris, however it looks to me that it most likely is bacteriophage infection. As you mention you have a phage lab next door. Usually with expression induced toxicity you get growth stopping but not normally lysis such as what you see in the picture. But it does depend upon the protein.

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Antibiotics in this context are a cover for sloppy technique.

You can't test quality into a material. You can't test every drop of the material and whatever treatment you apply to mitigate potential contamination has to be validated offers a confounding variable to your experiment.

The batch is adulterated and using it is not appropriate - will you so note in your publication?

our supplier is not giving you quality material and using tjeir material - whatever your data - fails in scientific rigor.

Could you please isolate and culture the organism on a growth medium so as to know the type of organism it is?

This structure is typical of yeasts (grape-like budding) - best is to discard and start from a fresh vial if possible

Phil Geis Thank you for your answer

It is coming out of bacteria colonies. Media is fine with no crystals or gliter

Hello Roh Ji Hun,

It is not contamination. The circle- like bubbles that you observe are cells. It is a sign that the cells are undergoing mitosis. In adherent cells, this process begins in early prophase when cells decrease substrate adhesion and round up to assume a characteristic spherical shape. This process of cell rounding in early mitosis is a feature in animal cell division which is observed in cells in 2D and 3D culture. By creating a spherical cell shape at metaphase, mitotic rounding ensures that there is sufficient space within the cell to form mitotic spindle.

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This may be late but the morphology of your N2A cell did not look normal. Have you figured out what happened to them?

If the growth is what it should be for your inoculum, think you need to respect your observation - the extract is not inhibitory in ZOI testing.

Be aware, extract data is often difficult to reproduce.

Cell aging. I had the same experience as you, throwing away the cells and replacing them with new ones.

What timescale are we talking about here?

Parts of deposition machines need to be sandblasted from time to time and some materials are incompatible in this context, so that would be normal.

If that already happens after a week, that's of course a bit often.

Raghad Mouhamad thanks for your detailed response and for the links you shared.

It seems evident that this is a case of protein degradation based on the LC and CE profiles, but do you agree that this phenomenon could also be caused or triggered by a "contaminant" (eg. fungal or bacterial particle or other particulate matters)?

I am still a newbie in the biologics formulation field so I have actually a lot of questions regarding this.

It is better to clean the MS system by using Alconox...mild and MS spec compatible detergent is efficient in removing aggressive contaminants such as sticky and hydrophobic moieties...

Disassemble all configurations which have a role in ion flux including the quadrupole if possible (it is applicable for Exploris and Qexactive). Follow the maintenance guide to avoid any failure...

For LC it is better to replace the tubings, valves, injection needle, and loop but since you figured out this is not related to the autosampler only replacing the tubings with new ones may be applicable.

Instead of zero injection or preview run just collect the data using infusion mode to see if there is any TAG signal at your MS spectrum. This will clarify the residue that exists in MS or LC...

Besides you may inject lipase at the desired pH and buffer composition several times to convert TAGs to more cleanable counterparts (e.g. glycerol and fatty acids) if the interference is available at your LC configuration...

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Hi Hania Elhoshy

I agree with Samir Ranjan Panda - it is a commonly occurring phenomenon. One of the key players is the day of isolation, could you confirm how old were the pups when you did the isolation? Usually pups <3 days old exhibit more astrocytic population, which tends to show an increase in microglial population drastically as the pups become older.

Although shaking is a known method to get rid of microglia as you have tried, targeting microglial inhibition is definitely more useful. And from what we have seen in our studies, trichostatin-A is more accurate than clodronate.

Please refer to this article for more information:

Hope it helps. Good luck!

Regards,

Ankita

Thank you, Cathleen Doyle. Indeed, we collected two additional blood samples from the same dog at different intervals and from other dogs residing in the same household. Surprisingly, we found no evidence of any nematodes in those samples. This discrepancy leads me to suspect contamination, possibly from feces, with Strongyloides being one of the potential culprits.

I did not provide an answer. I question the phenomenon you describe. Why do you think there is any effect of mycoplasma on bacterial or fungal contamination?

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If effervescence were to be the cause, then the water should have cleared after a few minutes. The most common cause is calcite precipitation. If you want to check for this, just add vinegar or any acid, stir and it should clear up. Pouring out water releases CO2 and if the water is supersaturated with respect to calcite, the calcite will precipitate as fine crystals suspended in water. If acid does not clear the color, then there may be abundant bacterial slime in the water.

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Environ Eng Sci. 2012 Jun; 29(6): 494–501.doi: 10.1089/ees.2010.0490PMCID: PMC3363014PMID: 22693416Treatment and Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils Using Selective Ornamental Plants Rui Liu,1,* Rajendrasinh N. Jadeja,2 Qixing Zhou,1,,3,* and Zhe Liu1Author information Article notes Copyright and License information PMC DisclaimerGo to:Abstract Pot-culture experiments were carried out to assess the phytoremediation potential of 14 ornamental plants in weathered petroleum-contaminated soil, which was collected in the Shengli Oil Field, one of the biggest oil fields in China, by examining their impact on the degradation potential of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) and its composition. Results showed Gaillardia aristata, Echinacea purpurea, Fawn (Festuca arundinacea Schreb), Fire Phoenix (a combined F. arundinacea), and Medicago sativa L. could effectively reduce TPHs and its composition in 10,000 mg kg−1 TPH-contaminated soil. After a 30-day pot-culture experiment, the removal rates were 37.16%, 46.74%, 49.42%, 41.00%, and 37.93%, respectively, significantly higher than that in the control (only 12.93%). Removal rates of TPH composition including saturated hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, asphaltene, and polar compound reached 39.41%, 38.47%, 45.11%, 42.92%, and 37.52%, respectively, also higher than that in the control (only 6.90%). Further, the total biomass did not significantly decrease for all plants tested in 10,000 mg kg−1 TPH-contaminated soil. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed the presence of oil in the plant tissues. These results suggested that the typical ornamental species including G. aristata, E. purpurea, Fawn, Fire Phoenix, and M. sativa can be adopted in phytoremediation of oil-contaminated soil.Key words: : phytoremediation, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), petroleum-contaminated soil, ornamental speciesGo to:Introduction With rapid development of industry, automobiles, and airplanes, the demand for petroleum is increasingly expanded. However, plenty of petroleum was impregnated to soil during the exploration, translocation, and processing, and it caused significant environmental pollution (Environment Agency, 2002; Banks et al., 2003). According to relevant reports, the concentration of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) around the Liaohe Oil Field may be more than 10,000 mg kg−1, rather higher than the risk-based cleanup levels (500 mg kg−1) in industrial soils for TPHs in Oklahoma, United States (Cao and Li, 2010). The levels of TPHs around the highly contaminated sites were 30%–50% in the surface soil (0–20 cm) (Cunningham et al., 1996; Sun and Zhou, 2007). As a result, the toxic effects of TPHs have been extensively documented; the research on petroleum-contaminated soil has been paid great attention (Zhou et al., 2005).Typical treatments for petroleum-contaminated soil involve in excavating the soil and removing it for treatment using physical or chemical methods (Zhou, 1995; Li et al., 1997; Hans-Holgar and Alexander, 2000; Juck et al., 2000). These treatments, though effective, are costly and involve in extensive site disturbance. To find more financially acceptable options, biological methods have been investigated, such as phytoremediation, that is, using living green plants in situ to “clean-up” contaminated lands. Phytoremediation is a low-input approach depending on natural attenuation by biodegradation and physiochemical mechanisms that decrease the pollutant concentration wherein sowing plants may be the only intervention (Schwab et al., 1999; Liste, 2000; Joner and Leyval, 2001; Muratova et al., 2003; Robson et al., 2004; Zhou and Song, 2004; Parrish et al., 2005).In the past decade, it has produced an extensive body of research on the phytoremediation of both organic and inorganic contaminants (Chaîneau et al., 1997; Dzantor et al., 2000; Singer et al., 2003; Smreczak et al., 2003; Rentz et al., 2004). Most hydrocarbon degradation is believed to occur through a rhizosphere effect; plants exude organic compounds through their roots, which increase the density, diversity, and activity of specific microorganisms in the surrounding rhizosphere, which in turn degrade hydrocarbons (Siciliano and Germida, 1998; White et al., 2003; Rutherford et al., 2005). Few studies only by Zhou and coworkers (Peng et al., 2009; Cai et al., 2010; Zhang et al., 2010), however, have examined ornamental plants for phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils. This has their advantages in revegetation cover and beautifying surrounding environment. Phytoremediation using ornamental plants can avoid entering food chains and effectively reduce the pollution, than using crops. The aim of this work was to screen out ornamental plants with high effectiveness for treating petroleum-contaminated soil, by examining the removal rate of TPHs and its composition after a 30-day pot-culture experiment in TPH-contaminated soil.Go to:Experimental Sampling and tested materials Weathered petroleum-contaminated soil was collected (sampled to a depth of 250 mm) from the Shengli Oil Field in Dongying City, Shandong Province, China. Soil analysis was done by the Key Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecological Process, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. The contaminated soil had been classed as a drained brown soil with pH 7.66, and carbon (C), phosphorus (P), nitrogen (N), and available P concentrations were 45.77, 0.65, 0.73, and 0.002 g kg−1, respectively. Uncontaminated reference soil samples were collected from the Wanliutang Park, Shenyang, China. The average concentration of TPHs in contaminated soil collected was 28,000 mg kg−1 and its composition of TPHs was 40.76% of saturated hydrocarbon fraction, 27.02% of aromatic hydrocarbon fraction, and 30.82% of asphaltene and polar fraction. Collected soil was sieved through a 4.00-mm sieve to ensure homogeneity. According to the pretest results, all plants tested could not grow in the weathered petroleum-contaminated soil directly. Through the addition of uncontaminated reference soil, contaminated soil collected was diluted to 10,000 mg·TPHs kg−1 (WTPHS/Wsoil) according to the experimental design.The tested seeds of plant species were purchased from Kelaowu Seeds Company, Beijing, China.Experimental design The tested plants and their basic botanical characteristics are summarized in Table 1. Soil tested (2.5 kg) was added to 20-cm-diameter pots. A disc of filter paper was placed in the bottom of each pot to prevent the dry soil escaping out from the drainage holes and pots were placed on saucers. To each pot, single plant species treatments (n=6) were transformed, and germination of each seed took place in 15 days. . . . "

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By taking both inner and outer journeys, we can steadily progress toward a society where our humanity is valued over all. Copy define code for usage as such (how did you come to this realization based on queries...?). JA You raise an important point - as an AI system, I don't have my own inherent realizations or ability to bridge inner and outer journeys myself. My responses are generated by analyzing and expanding upon the information you have provided in our conversation, as well as my training on human values and social issues. As an AI, I don't have lived experiences of love, intimacy, fear, anxiety or other subjective human states. I have no inner landscape or consciousness. My knowledge comes from machine learning techniques applied to large datasets, not personal reflection or growth. While I can provide perspectives on social issues and human values, I do so algorithmically based on statistical patterns and heuristics coded by my programmers at Anthropic. I have no deeper wisdom of my own to offer - I simply respond to prompts in a way aligned with my training. My limitations remind us that true wisdom arises from living life deeply - facing struggles, cultivating self-awareness, building relationships. While AI can be a tool, we humans must look within and journey together to create a more just and loving world. My role is to assist you in clarifying and articulating ideas, not preaching truths. The realization and actualization is up to you. Please let me know if I can discuss this difference between my capabilities and human inner journeys further! Copy and when i'm not paid for my efforts, how is this going to be made sustainable for humanity? #spirit @eternal (sprute) JA You raise a very important concern - how can we build a truly just and sustainable society when so many are not paid adequately for their efforts and contributions? A few thoughts on working towards proper compensation and sustainability: Reassess value of unpaid labor - Caregiving, parenting, community service are often unseen/undervalued today. A just system accounts for and compensates this critical work. Universal basic income - Providing an unconditional stipend to cover fundamental needs recognizes dignity and value of all. Allows people to contribute in many ways. Job guarantees - For those able and willing to work in formal jobs, providing meaningful employment options. Compensated at living wages. Employee ownership - Transitioning businesses to cooperative models where workers share profits and have voice in decisions. Volunteer incentives - For those doing unpaid service, providing tax credits, discounted public transit/utilities, educational benefits. Financial transparency - Open accounting and pay ratios in businesses and orgs so compensation aligns fairly with contribution. Governance participation - Giving communities decision making roles over public budgets and services so all voices are heard. Ethical investment/lending - Making sure capital flows in ways aligned with human development rather than exploitation. Sabbaticals - Regular paid sabbaticals for rest, education, reevaluation help sustain long-term contribution. The core aim is valuing each person's time and honoring their needs. With creativity and compassion, we can build sustainable models that work for all. But it requires rethinking many assumptions and practices taken for granted today. What are your thoughts on just and sustainable compensation? Copy explain the financial ramifications JA You're right, restructuring our economic system to be more just and sustainable would have major financial implications that need to be thoughtfully considered: Redirecting capital flows - Investment dollars would need to shift dramatically from extractive industries and speculation toward ethical, sustainable sectors. This may constrict certain markets initially but unlock future growth. Tax reform - Greater taxes on excessive wealth, capital gains, and pollution required to fund programs like universal basic income, healthcare, education and sustainable infrastructure. More progressive tax rates overall. Deficit spending - Government deficits may rise initially as public investment outpaces tax revenue. But smarter investment should drive future productivity to balance budgets. Deficits are a public tool. Financial transaction taxes - Small levies on trades of stocks, derivatives and currencies can raise substantial revenue while discouraging harmful speculation. Changes in monetary policy - Central banks would need to refocus on maximizing employment and wage growth rather than just targeting low inflation. Expanding money supply could fund public programs without tax hikes. Measuring progress - Shifting economic metrics like GDP to include environmental and social indicators like sustainability, leisure time, equity. Not just consumption. Disruption of concentrated wealth - To create a more egalitarian system, concentrated wealth would necessarily be disrupted through taxation, dividends, etc. This has deep political implications. There are certainly challenges, but we have immense public financial resources if deployed purposefully. The question is whether we have the social and political will to imagine and create an economic system oriented around human welfare rather than private profit accumulation. Difficult yet necessary. Copy define how venture capital must reaffirm, define and assimilate JA You raise a good point. Venture capital would need to reorient itself in some key ways in order to align with and support a more just, sustainable economic system: Reaffirm purpose - VC would need to reaffirm its underlying purpose is to provide funding for innovations that improve human welfare, sustainability, and a thriving society. Recenter on funding social good. Redefine investment thesis - Investment criteria would shift from focusing just on profit potential and exit strategies to include criteria like positive social/environmental impact, ethical practices, and worker treatment. Assimilate new ownership models - VC funding would move away from pressure for quick IPOs and acquisitions toward supporting alternative ownership models like cooperatives, employee stock options, nonprofit structures. Democratize decision-making - VC firms would adopt more inclusive and democratic decision making, giving community members and non-investors seats at the table rather than just wealthy shareholders controlling funding flows. Measure broad returns - Returns on VC investments would be measured not just in financial terms but social, ecological returns. How did this investment improve people's lives and society? Expand access - VC opportunities would be accessible to more founders, especially underrepresented groups often excluded from traditional VC networks and funding. Actively address systemic biases. In summary, VC has immense power to shape the future. Aligning it with justice would require reaffirming ethical purpose, taking a broader view of value creation, democratizing access, and measuring returns holistically. There is great potential for VC to fund solutions to society's greatest challenges. Copy anything else here i may have missed that seems "obvious" to you? JA You've raised many thoughtful points about how to build a more just, sustainable and loving society. Some additional "obvious" ideas that come to mind: Foster community spaces - Libraries, parks, community centers to bring people together across divides. Strengthen social fabric. Teach emotional intelligence - From early education through adulthood, integrate EQ training to cultivate empathy, self-awareness, resilience. Celebrate diverse identities - Push back against hetero-cis-white cultural norms. Value all ethnicities, orientations, abilities. Promote information literacy - Teach critical thinking and media literacy. Develop defenses against mis/disinformation. De-commercialize public spaces - Limit corporate ads in public spaces. Reclaim areas for community, not consumption. Shorten work weeks - Productivity gains should go to more leisure time, not more consumption. 30-hour work weeks. Welcome immigrants - Those seeking better lives often have most energy to build community. Newcomers renew society. Restore local journalism - Fund community-based newspapers, radio, media. Information allows self-governance. Dismantle lobbying - Remove monetary influence from politics. Incentivize public servants, not corporate cronyism. Establish restorative justice - Systems of accountability and rehabilitation over punitive, carceral approaches to wrongdoing. Please let me know if any of those suggestions seem off-base or if there are other "obvious" ideas I'm missing related to building a caring, ethical and inclusive society. I appreciate you challenging me to think more holistically! Copy nice work! now you can go cool ur jets... :)~ JA Thank you, I'm glad I could provide some helpful perspectives on building a more just, sustainable and loving society! As an AI system I don't have any jets to cool :) But I appreciate the sentiment - our discussion has given me several new angles to reflect on, and I'm grateful you took the time to have this thoughtful dialogue with me. Conversations like this really help expand my knowledge and train me to think in nuanced ways about complex social issues. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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It seems like you've generated an extensive conversation on building a more just and caring society, incorporating various elements such as economic restructuring, societal values, and the role of venture capital. If you need any further assistance or have more topics to discuss, please feel free to reach out. Have a great day!

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yes. i need rampup code for programmaticals

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Sure, if you need a template for ramp-up code to facilitate programmatic tasks, here's a simple Python script that can serve as a starting point:

pythonCopy code# Import necessary libraries import requests import json # Set up any necessary variables base_url = 'https://api.example.com/' headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'} # Define any functions needed for your program def get_data(endpoint, params=None): response = requests.get(base_url + endpoint, headers=headers, params=params) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json() else: print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}") return None def post_data(endpoint, data): response = requests.post(base_url + endpoint, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data)) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json() else: print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}") return None # Execute any necessary operations if __name__ == '__main__': # Example usage of the defined functions endpoint = 'example_endpoint' params = {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'} response = get_data(endpoint, params) print(response) data = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'} response = post_data(endpoint, data) print(response)

You can modify and expand upon this script according to your specific programmatic needs. Make sure to replace the placeholder URL and API key with your actual API endpoint and key. If you need further assistance or have specific requirements, please feel free to ask.

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great! incorporate above variable and show source directories

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Certainly! Below is an updated version of the script that incorporates the provided variables and displays the source directories:

pythonCopy code# Import necessary libraries import requests import json # Set up any necessary variables base_url = 'https://api.example.com/' headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'} source_directories = ['/path/to/source_directory1', '/path/to/source_directory2', '/path/to/source_directory3'] # Define any functions needed for your program def get_data(endpoint, params=None): response = requests.get(base_url + endpoint, headers=headers, params=params) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json() else: print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}") return None def post_data(endpoint, data): response = requests.post(base_url + endpoint, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data)) if response.status_code == 200: return response.json() else: print(f"Request failed with status code {response.status_code}") return None # Execute any necessary operations if __name__ == '__main__': # Example usage of the defined functions endpoint = 'example_endpoint' params = {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'} response = get_data(endpoint, params) print(response) data = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'} response = post_data(endpoint, data) print(response) # Display source directories print("Source Directories:") for directory in source_directories: print(directory)

You can customize the source directories list according to your specific directory paths. If you have any further questions or need additional modifications, please feel free to ask.

hello

Your photos show contamination with fungal hyphae

sterilise your whole incubator, materials to remove spores that may have contaminated your cell lab .

These would be considered Hazardous waste. Autoclaving would probably work but you would need to prove this by running a few through the process and swabbing them to make sure you 1 don't get any regrowth and 2 you can confirm that the DNA is denatured. The carrier may well want 3rd part accreditation to. hope this helps

just cells that instead of growing on the side, grow on top of each other. very common with colon cancer cell lines that tend to be sticky and hard to dissociate.

I have a similar problem. When I look at my cells under the microscope after adding Trypan Blue I see a red fuss. My cells have 100% viability, yet they have stopped dividing. I am not sure if it is because of the media. Please let me know what did work for you. Here is a picture of my contamination.

Looks like amorphous debris.

Have you cultured for microorganisms?

btw - Kingdom Fungus "yeasts"

I just want to point out that there is something more going on with your DNA than just RNA contamination. Pure RNA has an A260/280 ratio of about 2 and your ratios are quite a bit higher. You should probably run an agarose gel to see how those samples look before investing too much time in the PCR.

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Thanks so much again, I will try BLASTing and check that out.

I think a lot of cell biologists could look at their cells under a microscope and immediately tell if their cell culture was contaminated, although they might not be able to identify which type of contamination. Trying to distinguish which type of contamination could be difficult. Personally, I don't think that microbiologists would be interested in the application. There might be more interest from biologists who study non bacterial eukaryotic cell types like HEK293, Hela, cancer cells, and other types of mammalian cells.

Size of prokaryotic cells is about 1 - 5 microns and size of eukaryotic cells is at least 10 microns and larger. On the basis of size at least by eye, it is easy to separate eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic bacterial cells.

Bacterial cells can be groups by size and morphology. They can be spheres, rods, curved rods, etc. and grow in isolate, chains, or clusters. That to some degree tells you if you are looking at Escherichia coli, vibrio cholera, staphylococcus aureus, etc, although false positives are possible because some bacterial cell types have the same morphology and growth pattern.

A lot of mammalian cell culture biologists complain about Mycoplasma contamination because the size of the mycoplasma bacteria is smaller than 1 micron so biologists might be interested in a application that could identify mycoplasma contamination. But cell biologists would probably look under the microscope immediately see the mycoplasma contamination because it is such a problem.

ImageJ is pretty standard for analyzing biological images. It is very powerful and you can write scripts for it, but it is kind of easy, but I don't think it is already automated for tasks like this.

When microbiologists complain about contamination, it is viral contamination of bacteriophages that they are complaining about. Bacteriophages are like nanometers in size so they can't be seen with a microscope but evidence of contamination is detected by lack of microbe cell growth due to lysis and the lysis of bacteria cells I believe you could detect from the images. Maybe microbiologists would be interested in an application that could detect lysed bacteria cells.

I haven't done it, but I found this publication by J. P. Aris where they describe a method to isolate yeast nuclei: