Standard Operating Procedure

From messy lab notebooks to clean standardized protocol

Many of the molecular biology protocols I once used were cobbled together through trial and error and shadowing senior lab members. While learning to write instructions using technical writing principles, I decided to give my old bacterial transformation protocol a proper SOP overhaul.

 

Graphics are for medical writers too
 

I designed simple illustrations to clearly convey critical concepts that are difficult to describe solely in words. For example, conducting a bacterial transformation safely and successfully depends on visually understanding the Bunsen burner sterile field.
 

Result

A visually pleasing, easy-to-follow laboratory protocol written by someone who's actually done the procedure before.