Pipettes are an essential laboratory tool used to dispense liquids. Whilst pipettes can be used simply as a liquid transfer device where the actual volume of liquid dispensed is not important, more often they are required to dispense accurate and precise volumes of solutions which are likely to be critical to experimental procedures. Pipettes Are not only fancy handlebars to your tips, they're vital for just measuring and dispensing liquids. These conventional 'tools of your trade' allow you to correctly replicate experiments, confirm results, create significant comparisons between various projects and publish the outstanding paper. However, there are a couple of pipette pitfalls. The experts from the laboratory need to retrace their steps from time to sidestep the introduction of volumetric mistakes as a result of inconsistent or poor pipetting methods. The cover story of the month titled: "Learn from These Mistakes Before You Learn Pipetting" authored by Kusum Pal (IIT-Bombay Alumna) Read more ..