Autoclaving and media

Autoclaves

General autoclaving rules

Do not overfill waste bags.

Liquid media must not exceed 80% of the flask or bottle capacity.

Ensure all items are labelled before leaving them for autoclaving. Labels must include with your name, room number and contents or media type

Botany Building

The Department currently has two autoclaves in the Botany Building. 

The waste autoclave is run when there is enough solid waste to warrant a cycle, such as plant material, tissue culture plates, or bags of soil used for plant growth.

The Botany Building media machines are run up to 4 times a day: 08:30, 10:30, 12:30 and 14:30.

Crop Science Centre

The Crop Science Centre has two autoclaves that run waste cycles and media cycles.

Waste cycles for lab plastic biowaste, lab liquid biowaste and horticultural waste, run daily as needed. Lab plastic biowaste, lab liquid biowaste and horticultural waste are collected from the laboratory and horticultural collection points.

Media cycles are on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11:00.

Sand and soil cycles run daily as needed.

Laboratory washing-up 

Botany Building has three and two large glass washing machines and Crop Science Centrehas two.

Glassware is collected for washing up from collection points in different lab areas, washed, dried and returned to the labs.