Mortar and pestle 1
Plastic spatula 1
Metal spatula 1, 2, 4
4 ml volume, amber pyrex, flat bottomed, Teflon-lined screw-cap bottles (two per sample) 1, 5
Wide-mouth flask attachment for freeze dryer 2
18 ml volume, clear pyrex, round-bottomed, Teflon-lined screw-cap vials 2
Sharpie 3
25 ml Erlenmeyer flasks 3
Mechanical pencil 3
2 retort stands 3
13 retort rings, covered with plastic tubing 3
60 ml Pyrex separatory funnels with stopper and stopcock (Teflon or glass)3,4
250 ml Borosilicate funnel (47 mm diameter) 4
Borosilicate frit base (47 mm diameter) 3,4
Rubber stopper with a hole for frit-support (part of vacuum rig) 4
Metal clamp for filtration assembly 3,4
500 ml Erlenmeyer flask with side arm (part of vacuum rig) 4
1000 ml measuring cylinder 3
Polyvinyl alcohol-coated (PVA) gloves 3
Large glass funnel for pouring chemicals from 5 L bottles into measuring cylinders 3
1000 ml glass-stoppered volumetric flask (or alternative containers) for storing 2:1 Chloroform:Methanol solution 3
200 ml glass-stoppered volumetric flasks (or alternative containers) for storing 100% chloroform, 100% methanol, and potassium chloride solution, respectively 3
250 ml glass beakers 4
10 ml glass syringes 4
Glass Petri dish, ~ 4 cm in diameter 4
50 ml glass beaker 4
Zip-ties, connected into a loop that slightly greater diameter than the Erlenmeyer flasks 4
Plastic test tube rack, with holes wide enough for neck of 25 ml Erlenmeyer flasks to fit through (part of drying rig) 4
Plastic test tube rack, fitted with cut pipette tips, rigged to hold glass Pasteur pipettes (part of drying rig) 4
Aquarium airline tubing, connectors and taps (part of drying rig) 4
Large metal baking tray, at least 5 cm depth (water bath) 4
Thermometer 4
1 ml Hamilton glass syringe (for re-suspending extracted lipids) 5