Equipment and Supplies List

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Item
Vendor
Catalog #
Price
Usage
1.9qt. plastic containers Consolidated Plastics
42778YH
$5
400 worms/container
Spring water, 5-gallons Poland Springs
1723328116
$3.80
2-3 per week
Transfer pipettes, 7ml size, 5000/case VWR
16001-188
$97
varies (cases can last 1 yr +)
Graduated 10ml serological pipettes, 500/pk Bioworld
424310
$153
varies (cases last 4 months +)
Pipette bulb VWR 
53497-202
$5
1 pack of 3
Thermometer  VWR
61019-304
$10
2
Freezer Facility/Household
n/a
free-$1000
1 general freezer to store chicken liver
D. dorotocephala culture Carolina Biological Supply
RG-13-2970
$8.75
1 culture of 30 worms
Organic free-range chicken liver  Health food supermarket
n/a
$5
1-2lb lasts several months
Cutting board   Supermarket  
n/a
$5
1
Knife Supermarket  
n/a
$4
1
Sponge Supermarket
n/a
$2
1
Aluminum foil Supermarket
n/a
$3
1 box
6V Battery Hardware store  
n/a
$10
1
Wire Hardware Store or Fisher Scientific Fisher # 13-766-4A
$2-66
1 roll, copper or Pt/Ir (Pt/Ir is preferable)
Light/magnifier Fisher Scientific
12-071-10
$45
1 per station
Station isolators  Facility/household
n/a
free-$5
Cardboard, trashbags, etc.
Squirt bottle Fisher Scientific
0340917F
$15
1 pack of 6
Dissecting scalpel Fisher Scientific
08135 
$9.90
2
Dissecting blade, pack of 100 Fisher Scientific
089165A
$22.82
1 box

Ethanol, 4x 4L

Fisher Scientific
A405P
$8.23
1 case lasts 1 year +
Spray bottle, pack of 3 Fisher Scientific
S413505P
$16
1
Scintillation vials, 500 /case VWR
66021-533
$151
varies, 1 case lasts 4 months+
Timer VWR 
62344-904
$12.09
1 per station
Deep petri dishes, 500/case Fisher Scientific
0875711Z
$100
varies, 1 case lasts 4 months +
Lucite training trough(optional)* See Carolina Biological catalog for cheaper alternatives
n/a
$30-300
*custom design more expensive
Dissecting microscope (optional)* Vermont Optechs
Zeiss SV6
$4000
1 (can use magnifying lens to reduce costs)
Incubator (optional)* Fisher Scientific
1167925C
$2246
Not essential, but maintains colony at constant 22 degrees C