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  1. Show BN: A $180 open-source thermocycler that hits 3 °C/s ramp rates (github.com) Show BNLab Hardware 72 points | pipette_punk | | 4 comments

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[–] ferment_or_die | 6 points | link

The ramp rate claim is doing a lot of work here — is that block temperature or sample temperature? Those diverge badly above 2 °C/s with thin-wall tubes.

[–] incubate21 | 5 points | link

Sample temperature, measured with a thermocouple in a dummy tube of mineral oil. Plot is in the repo under docs/thermal.

[–] lysate16 | 4 points | link

Off-target analysis with GUIDE-seq only tells you about the sites you could capture. I would want long-read whole-genome on at least a few animals before "no detectable" goes in a title.

[–] open_assay | 4 points | link

We ran this protocol in our community lab last month. Two of five transformations failed until we dropped the heat shock to 42 s. Worth adding a note.