Match the correct bead size and type to properly lyse or homogenize your material.
Choose a pre-filled tube kit for Benchmark Scientific BeadBug, or Beadblaster bead homogenizers.
We also feature RINO® tubes for use with the Next Advance Bullet Blender family of bead homogenizers
Homgenizer bead packs comes in quantities of 50 or 250 tight-sealing tubes and in a variety of materials.
Not sure which bead set works best with your material? Use this handy chart to identify the best match.
Next Advance color codes their bead homogenizer samples to simplify decision making:
1.5 mL Green kits: Excellent for small medium-tough samples
Green Bead Lysis Kits are filled with a mix of stainless steel beads for buffer volumes between 100μL and 300μL. They’re excellent for small samples of tougher material like muscle.
1.5 mL Navy kits: Extra power for your tough samples
Navy Bead Lysis Kits are filled with a custom mix of stainless steel beads for buffer volumes between 300μL and 600μL. They’re great for samples too large for a Green kit, and deliver extra homogenizing power for challenging samples like bone, tumors, and hard-shelled insects such as ticks.
1.5 mL Pink kits: The best for small soft samples with buffer volumes between 100μL and 300μL. Pink Bead Lysis Kits are filled with a mix of zirconium oxide beads for small samples of soft material like liver.
1.5 mL Red kits: Ideal for medium soft samples with buffer volumes between 300μL and 600μL
Red Bead Lysis Kits are filled with a mix of zirconium oxide beads for medium samples of soft material.
1.5 mL Yellow kits: Blend your bacteria better.
Yellow Bead Lysis Kits are filled with beads selected for high yielding bacterial lysis.
1.5 mL Orange kits: Blend your bacteria better. Orange Bead Lysis Kits are filled with beads selected for extracting bacteria or generating single cell suspensions from tissue samples.
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