#1 Science Forum For Lab Technicians

Marama T wrote: ↑01 Apr 2025, 10:32 The cops use forensic anthropologists for bone ID - try googling one near you to help out. You could probably just send pics.

DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS AND SEND ... This is a big no no. Coppers will understand if you call them out and find out they were not human after all.

We only get lab relief staff in if someone is on LSL. For the random days here and there, nope... even for a week or 2 of sickness...... nothing. LSL is generally planned well in advance and we are able to get in a casual and train them up. We have a little pool of past students who we can pull in. ...

Ours sit scattered in a glass display cabinet in the chem lab, they look cool there and are easily accessible for teachers to pull them out randomly. I see them out often.

LabbieSeth wrote: ↑25 Mar 2025, 09:06 However, how am I supposed to distinguish between human remains and that of an animal if it isn't a skull??

I go with a phone call to the coppers first.

Hi everyone, There's been some interesting discussion on the ASET email about bones in science, if they are replica or real, and what to do with them if they are found to be human. I know a lot of labbies search here for info so I'm going to put it here in case it comes up in the future for anyone....

Yep, we freeze ours as well. We chop it up and put in sandwich bags.

bigmack wrote: ↑17 Feb 2025, 09:09

Anna Z wrote: ↑15 Feb 2025, 16:45
I hate google sheets too (to clunky, shit looking and really crass),.

Don't hold back Anna

never

haha ok - glad you could follow what I had done then! I am terrible at google stuff too, but it's all my school uses so I do a lot of googling to find how to do things! I hate google sheets too (to clunky, shit looking and really crass), you can download a google doc into a word or excel doc ect......

Hi all, we (VIC) start back on 28th...spent a month away in -10C temps, not looking forward to heat at school. Hope everyone is rested and ready for 2025.

bigmack wrote: ↑19 Nov 2024, 12:44 I'm so pleased you worked out how to post pictures Marama

Much to our disgust

No special one for students... didn't know it was a 60 days thing. Email Ciderhouse tech and ask them for a link to download the licensed version. Alternate is the Pasco website... will ask if user is over 18 though... we always click yes.

Thanks for the kind words .Just putting back what I have learned here. We run all our Pasco wireless stuff just through the Sparkview software downloaded on our laptops...works okay for us. Apparently it used to be a thing here too Anna , but kids all have BYOD now and as software costs , they don'...

We run all our Pasco wireless stuff just through the Sparkview software downloaded on our laptops...works okay for us.

Love your sheets...excellent

Another vote for Wiltronics

Thanks Never tried Napisan before .Might be worth a go Ultrasonic cleaner sounds nice Anna. Remember my Father was a watchmaker and there wasn't much that couldn't be removed .Hmmmmm.Maybe next years budget . [-o< Yes a little jewelry one is perfect, time to start watching the home shopping channel...

Scored Appendix E, thanks all.

Have you tried some dilute HCl or NaOH...... soak and chuck them in an ultrasonic bath for a bit.

Anyone have a PDF of the CSIS guide they would like to email down to us Vic people ? :) A school subscription to RiskAssess would be a much more reliable source of information. I'm not sure if there have been online updates but the CSIS is nearly 30 years old so not exactly up to date... I'm in a p...

james.driscoll@monash.edu contact James... he'll point you in the right direction.