wet lab

plural wet labs · alternative wet-lab

1. A laboratory that is equipped with plumbing, ventilation, and equipment for performing physical experiments.

   In the USA, access to a wet lab is a prerequisite for training programmes in ophthalmology; in the UK this requirement is less explicit.

   2013, Bruno Zuberbuhler, Stephen Tuft, David Gartry, Corneal Surgery: Essential Techniques, →ISBN, page 135

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   After it was over, his small trust fund was $12,500 smaller. But he now has a mobile wet lab he can take wherever someone had a big enough backyard and a good idea.

   2011, Marcus Wohlsen, Biopunk: Solving Biotech's Biggest Problems in Kitchens and Garages, →ISBN

   In the beginning, the analysis of the sectors was done by looking at the images of the colony at different time points and deciding if the sector-like patterns are similar to the ones in the wet lab.

   2013, Ashutosh Gupta, Thomas A. Henzinger, Computational Methods in Systems Biology, →ISBN

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1. To perform experiments that require a wet lab.