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    Background and History  Gel Electrophoresis refers to the process of separating biological molecules by size within a gel matrix. Electrophoresis has been around for a very long time a ...

  • Preparation of Barium Chloride and Favorite Applications (Post)

    Brief Overview of Chemical Properties  Barium Chloride is an inorganic salt that comes as a white crystalline powder. It’s used commonly in industry as a stabilizing agent for polymer creat ...

  • ​Introduction to Large Volume Centrifuges (Post)

    Large volume centrifuges aren’t the staple piece of equipment that microcentrifuges are, but what if you need to spin a sample greater than 2 milliliters in volume?These machines are used for centrif ...

  • ​Reasons to Try Tahor Metal Free Tubes (Post)

    Background on Metal Contamination in Laboratory Plastics  Laboratory plastic may be misunderstood as a flawless, pristine form of the material, but that’s far from the truth. Plastics found ...

  • ​What are Transwells and Why Use Them? (Post)

    Transwell systems are a novel way of creating dual surfaces in a culture to study cell migration and sidedness. They also provide an attractive way to co-culture cells and study interactions whi ...

  • ​What is a 96-Well Plate? (Post)

    Popular Uses for 96-Well Plates, Demystified  Multiwell plates are gaining popularity outside of industry as biotechnology advances. For that reason, scientists who never planned on using h ...

  • ​All You Need to Know About Petri Dishes (Post)

    The How and Why of Their Invention and What to Look for  Petri dishes have a lengthy history as a lab essential. Prior to their invention in the late 1800’s, bacteriologists were using bell ...

  • ​How and When to Use a Spectrophotometer? (Post)

    A Quick History and Underlying Principles  The UV-Vis Spectrophotometer was invented in the 1940s by Arnold Beckman as a means of detecting biochemical structures based on their abilit ...

  • ​Are All Test Tube Racks the Same? (Post)

    Why it Makes Sense to be Choosy About Your Lab Accessories  Lab tools and accessories are some of the most difficult items to shop for because you have to keep up with differing demands and ...

  • Color-Coding and Laboratory Organization (Post)

    Color-Coding and Laboratory Organization Go Hand in Hand  You think laboratory, and you envision a boring grayscale color scheme, right? Time to think again. Rainbow conicals, pictured ab ...

  • ​When Should You Use a Vortex Mixer? (Post)

    In the Mix of Things: How Vortex Mixers Became Laboratory Staples  Vortex mixers were invented in the late 1950’s by the Kraft brothers for Scientific Industries and first became widely ava ...

  • ​What are FACS Tubes? (Post)

    The History of Flow Cytometry and Importance in Research  Flow cytometry is a technique that uses molecules of interest to sort and analyze cells. There are a few existing methods for ...

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