Since last week, we discovered that our new MOF synthesis recipe does not work as well as the original one cited in other literature. As a result, my mentor decided to develop new recipes to find the most efficient one. However, since my program is about to end soon, I won’t be working on the new experiments with him in the lab. Instead, I am focusing on finalizing our previous data and preparing for the Symposium. Additionally, my mentor asked me to search for new lab equipment to purchase. I had no idea that purchasing lab equipment could be so confusing and overwhelming. Most websites do not list their prices online, and I have to submit a request form to receive a quote. It doesn’t make any sense to me, and I still don’t understand why they need all that information just to tell me the price of the equipment. Since I had to provide my personal information to get a quote, I couldn’t look around for the best options as thoroughly as I had hoped.