Well, Judith doesn't really have a lab,. She fabricated her own "hood" to work in, consisting of trapezoidal wooden sides and glass over the down-sloping top. The shorter side of the trapezoid is the opening to work through; the whole thing isn't very big.
She just sets it on a table, wherever she is going to work, pulls up a stump (aka chair) and gets to it. I don't recall a ventilation fan either. But she is fussy about sterilization and sets up several alcohol containers to keep cutting tools sterile. It is something anyone can make. She also fabricated her own microscope - camera set up, making a connector to attach her camera to her microscope. She is very handy!
Here is a photo of a couple of tissue cultures she did at one of our lily symposiums and handed out to attendees. When I took them on they were just chopped up lily stuff sitting on top of that other stuff. So it really doesn't cost that much to do... I think culture tubes and caps are reasonably priced, then the nutrient stuff I don't know about that. But Carolina Biological is da place to get stuff you need. Commercial laminar hood not required!
