Frugal science

3D-printed magnetic BOMB microtube rack

~$25 vs. commercial: $250

Reference: Oberacker, Stepper, Bond et al. PLOS Biology 2019 (doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000107)

Hand-held adapted multitool as vortex

~$65 vs. ~$325

Reference: Knot et al. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020 (doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00100)

~$117 fully functional open source PCR machine

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