Testing high Tc superconductors in the lab. Part 2: yittrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) - should superconduct at 92K, and. it didn’t. Check out how the magnet flops onto it. So it’s not a good sample. 🥶#labfails #phdlife

You know what they say about good intentions. 🦎💥⚗️Ro Moran and Karoline Mueller learn the hard way that doing the “right” thing doesn’t always go to plan. New episode drops tomorrow! . #ScienceStories #GoodIntentionsGoneWrong #IguanaDrama #LabFails

Day five of the instagram challenge. Lab fails: The first fail is rather old. It was one of our first attempts of the nanoparticle synthesis. And one classical fail that you all know, I suppose. #Labfails #iGEM2019

Have you ever been haunted by a mistake you made? Poor Tim has a painful moment stamped into history in his hilarious #fieldfail. #SICBstorybooth #labfails #labfail #fieldfails

#protip : never underestimate the power of the ultracentrifuge 🤭 #labfails

I didn’t unplug that freezer. It was DEFINITELY a Lab Imp! #academicmonstermanual #dnd #science #labfails

Struggling with #microfluidic prints? Check your printer and material. Tap through the carousel to see 👇.💧 Leakage.🔬 Surface roughness.🚫 Blocked channels. 🔗 #3DPrinting #LabLife #LabFails

Often science doesn't go exactly the way you want it to. Sometimes it goes. kaboom. 😮. Extra 0s can be such pesky creatures. Disclaimer: some pneufish were harmed in the making of this research. #WomeninStem #softrobots #labfails #fishsci #kaboom

When your positive control isn’t being very positive #LabFails.

And the winning video goes to Kelley Voss @UCSD for her tale of the frenemy octopus! Complete with a heartwarming ending. #SICBstorybooth #labfails #fieldfails #actuallivingscientist

🧫Culturing primary cells? It’s not just science — it’s an art. 🎨.One wrong step and your precious cells might clump, die, or ghost you after freezing 🥶.💡Master the do’s & don’ts — from growth hacks to recovery tips: #CellCulture #PrimaryCells #LabFails.

New sticker for my lab book! #labfails #lablife

I wont be giving up my day job, but 7/8 yr old is happy with his pikachu, even if my hands now look like something went wrong in the lab #cakegoals #labfails

Who knew separating oil from vinegar would be so tough for students? I demonstrated how one layer sits atop the other, but they insisted on filtering, distilling, and even freezing it! None of them suggested using a separating funnel. #ChemistryStruggles #LabFails

When #labfails turn into #SciArt. #HappyValentinesDay

art gallery presented by yours truly in the microbiology department. come through and support 🥲 #labfails

When your piston cylinder is so clever it has lights to let you know it’s happy 😆 . about 20 hours later. it was red. I take it this means it was not happy. #experimentalpetrology @MQEarthEnv #postdoc #labfails

Notes found in a really old lab notebook at ICBR. #research #laboratory #labfails #science #STEM

Everytime I stack sample boxes, I think of Gus. #labfails #cinderella

When you realize you transfected a human cell line with mouse CRISPR guides #labfails