Table of Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 lb weight | CAP Barbell | RP–002.5 | |
| Acrylic sheets (6 in × 4 in × 3/8 in) | Falken Design | ACRYLIC–CL–3–8/1224 | Large sheet cut to smaller sizes |
| Ampicillin sodium salt | Sigma-Aldrich | A9518 | |
| Autoclavable squeeze bottle | Nalgene | 2405–0500 | |
| Bacto agar | BD Difco | 214030 | |
| Bacto peptone | Thermo Scientific | 211677 | |
| Basin, 25 mL | VWR | 89094–664 | Disposable pipette basin |
| Cabinet style vacuum desiccator | SP Bel-Art | F42400–4001 | Do not need to use dessicant, only using as a vacuum chamber. |
| CaCl2 | Acros Organics | 349615000 | |
| Caenorhabditis elegans N2 | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) | N2 | Wildtype strain |
| Carbenicillin | GoldBio | C–103–25 | |
| Centrifuge | Beckman | 360902 | |
| Cholesterol | ICN Biomedicals Inc | 101380 | |
| Compressed oxygen tank | Airgas | UN1072 | |
| CuSO4 | Fisher Chemical | C493–500 | |
| Dry bead bath incubator | Fisher Scientific | 11–718–2 | |
| Escherichia coli OP50 | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) | OP50 | Standard labratory food for C. elegans |
| Ethanol | Millipore | ex0276–4 | |
| Floxuridine | Research Products International | F10705–1.0 | |
| Hybridization oven | Techne | 731–0177 | Used to cure PDMS mixture, any similar oven will suffice |
| Incubators | Shel Lab | 2020 | 20 °C incubator for maintaining worm strains and 37 °C incubator to grow bacteria |
| Isopropyl ß-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) | GoldBio | I2481C100 | |
| K2HPO4 | Fisher Chemical | P288–500 | |
| KH2PO4 | Fisher Chemical | P286–1 | |
| Kimwipes | KimTech | 34155 | Task wipes |
| LB Broth, Lennox | BD Difco | 240230 | |
| Low melt agarose | Research Products International | A20070–250.0 | |
| MgSO4 | Fisher Chemical | M–8900 | |
| Microwave | Sharp | R–530DK | |
| Multichannel repeat pipette, 20–200 μL LTS EDP3 | Rainin | 17013800 | The exact model used is no longer sold, a similar model's catalog number has been provided |
| NaCl | Fisher Bioreagents | BP358–1 | |
| Nunc OmniTray | Thermo Scientific | 264728 | Clear polystyrene trays |
| Parafilm M | Fisher Scientific | 13–374–10 | Double-wide (4 in) |
| Petri plate, 100 mM | VWR | 25384–342 | |
| Petri plate, 60 mM | Fisher Scientific | FB0875713A | |
| Plasma cleaner | Plasma Etch, Inc. | PE–50 | |
| PLATINUM vacuum pump | JB Industries | DV–142N | |
| PolyJet 3D printer | Stratasys | Objet500 Connex3 | PolyJet 3D printing services provided by ProtoCAM (Matrial: Vero Rigid; Finish: Matte; Color: Gloss; Resolution: X-axis: 600 dpi, Y-axis: 600 dpi, Z-axis: 1600 dpi) |
| Shaking incubator | Lab-Line | 3526CC | |
| smartSpatula | LevGo, Inc. | 17211 | Disposable spatula |
| Superabsorbent polymer (AgSAP Type S) | M2 Polymer Technologies | Type S | Referred to in main text as "water crystals" |
| SYLGARD 184 Silicone Elastomer base | The Dow Chemical Company | 2065622 | |
| SYLGARD 184 Silicone Elastomer curing agent | The Dow Chemical Company | 2085925 | |
| Syringe filter (0.22 μm) | Nest Scientific USA Inc. | 380111 | |
| Syringe, 10 mL | Fisher Scientific | 14955453 | |
| TWEEN 20 | Thermo Scientific | J20605–AP | Detergent |
| Vacuum pump oil | VWR | 54996–082 | |
| VeroBlackPlus | Stratasys | RGD875 | Rigid 3D printing filament |
| Weigh boat | Thermo Scientific | WB30304 | Large enough for PDMS mixture volume |