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Lab notes

Technical writing for the bench

Analytical methodology, documentation, handling, and storage — written for people who have to make a reagent work, not for people shopping for claims.

Documentation

How to read a peptide certificate of analysis

A certificate that reports one purity number is telling you a fraction of the story. Here is what each section establishes, and what a missing section usually means.

2026-08-24
Analytical methods

Why a 99% purity figure does not mean what you think

Purity is one axis of quality and the easiest to optimise for. Four other failure modes will ruin an experiment just as thoroughly, and none of them appear on a purity line.

2026-08-18
Handling

Storage, stability, and what degrades a lyophilized peptide

Temperature is the variable everyone controls. Moisture, oxidation and light do more damage to a sealed vial, and get less attention.

2026-08-06