Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted! Several things had been happening during this time, including a PITA Neurology rotation, our first baby on his way (soon!), me brewing almost every weekend in a bid to get a full pipeline before baby Bryan comes, and finally a step along getting my home yeast lab started.


I've finally bought a Celestron digital LCD microscope, after months of consideration. I'd have loved the alternative - a trinocular 2000X scope with an attached camera, but the cost was almost prohibitive, and I had misgivings about the camera attachment working properly on a Mac. Although the Celestron only gives a true magnification of 400X, I figured it would be enough for most of my applications - namely cell counting, and perhaps to identify contaminants.

Let's look at some first pics!


Wyeast Kolsch II cells on a haemocytometer grid


400X magnification, with a budding yeast cell on the left