Lab Smells

Many chemicals we use commonly in the lab are smelly. Being a hypochondriac, I am sure all of these smells are bad for us. But some of them smell sicker than others.

Smells that I hate (in the order of how much I hate them):
1. TEMED (N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine)
2. PMSF
3. Formaldehyde
4. DEPC (diethyl pyrocarbonate) and DEPC treated anything
5. Bleach treated bacterial culture


Smells that are considered stinky but I secretly like:
1. DTT
2. beta-mercaptoethanol
3. Healthy growing E. coli in LB
4. Incubator with healthy growing cells in them
5. Gasoline (okay, we don't have this in the lab......)

There is no point to this post, in case you are looking for one.