Struggling with Sterivex and finding small solutions that make lab life easier (by Kari-Anne van der Zon)
I started my PhD in this strange just-after-covid period where plastic labware seemed scarce. It was April and my supervisors wanted me to sample aquatic eDNA in June. We did not really know what materials would be best so I hurriedly read some papers and asked a friendly scientist for advice. Festina lente. In the back of my mind a voice was telling me that it is not a good idea to make decisions quickly. But I needed to take samples. Lost in the aquatic eDNA literature I was relieved to stumble upon Spens et al. (2017) and decided that Sterivex filter capsules preserved in Longmire’s buffer would do the job.
