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Conical centrifuge tubes are laboratory tubes with a cone shaped bottom for compacting sediment or concentrating reagents using a centrifuge.Conical centrifuge tubes can be as small as 0.2mL, like … read more

The simple answer is: None are.  Inserting any kind of plastic tube into liquid nitrogen, even those called "cryovial", carries the potential for explosion, as this report from UCLA  ma … read more

In laboratories across the globe, you will find glass jars scattered across lab benches, typically sealed with a flimsy piece of aluminum foil. These jars hold a jumble of 1.5mL tubes, often call … read more

As we were loading up the newest member of our centrifuge tube family, a stubby 30mL conical tube appropriately named The Chub™ Tube, we were struck by the incredible range of centrifuge tub … read more

Change comes rather slowly in the world of laboratory research. Which is surprising, considering it is an industry that has built itself on the shoulders of courageous iconoclasts....but that is fo … read more

Wow!  We are still flying from our first ever table show that was held this past week at the U of Penn. This show was put on by the Post-Docs in support of their program, and was professi … read more