http://recordsetter.com/feed/scientific?likes=10 The new home of world records https://recordsetter.com/world-record/symbols-chemicals-from-the-periodic-table-elements-single-tweet/3691 2010-07-01T18:32:28Z https://recordsetter.com/world-record/symbols-chemicals-from-the-periodic-table-elements-single-tweet/3691 <p><a href="http://twitter.com/dineshupadhyaya">Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya</a>posted a tweet containing 77 symbols from the <a href="http://www.webelements.com/">Periodic Table Of Elements</a>. </p> ]]> https://recordsetter.com/world-record/yeast-plasmid-transformations-performed-single-sitting/2977 2010-04-16T17:23:31Z https://recordsetter.com/world-record/yeast-plasmid-transformations-performed-single-sitting/2977 <p>Michael Smith of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University">Princeton University</a>’s Rose Lab successfully performed 147 yeast plasmid transformations by hand in a single sitting. Each transformation was conducted in a microcentrifuge tube, and then plated onto -URA glucose media. </p> ]]>