Micropipette Accessory
name: label: user
content: Genentech, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This micropipette accessory was used to draw very small amounts of liquid into thin glass micropipettes. A micropipette would be inserted into the bottom of the object and liquid could be pulled in with very good control by turning the screw at the top.
label: Description (Brief)
content: It was used in the laboratories at Genentech, a biotechnology company.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Source:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Interview with Dan Yansura, Genentech scientist, 12/20/2012
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: California, South San Francisco
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Genentech
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0198.41
label: accession number
content: 2012.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0198.41
objectType: label: Object Name
content: micropipette accessory
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 10.795 cm x 1.5875 cm