Pipetman, micropipettor
date: label: date made
content: January 1986-January 1991
name: label: user
content: Genentech, Inc.
label: maker
content: Gilson, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This object is a micropipettor for measuring and transferring small, precise volumes of liquid. It was used by scientists at Genentech, a biotechnology company, for small reactions such as digesting DNA.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The micropipettor was developed by Dr. Warren Gilson in 1972.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sources:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Gilson, “About Us.” http://www.pipetman.com/AboutUs.aspx
label: Description (Brief)
content: Zinnen, Tom. “The Micropipette Story.” WisconIngenuity. http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/outreach/pipettestory.html
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: 2012.0198.34
label: accession number
content: 2012.0198
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0198.34
label: serial number
content: D20630A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: micropipettor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 26.67 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm