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Oh the dreaded agarose microwave explosion! One second your solution is not boiling at all and the next it’s erupted like a volcano. The result: agarose splattering the top and sides of your microwave, a rapidly solidifying pool of the…
Read More Biotech Basics: Avoiding Agarose Microwave Explosions
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is a common technique used to quantify or detect compounds like antigens and antibodies. ELISA can be used to diagnose a number of diseases, and usually is used for viral diagnostics. A few examples of diseases…
Molecular biologists study the molecules of life – DNA, RNA, and protein – and how they interact within a cell and an organism. Basic techniques, like molecular cloning, allow researchers to cut, manipulate, and paste DNA to better study it…
Read More New EdvoTech Tip! Learn a quick and easy way to prepare your agarose gels
If you have recently purchased any of our PCR, transformation, or enzyme kits you might have noticed that many of the tubes arrive seemingly empty. Over the past few years, Edvotek has supplied more and more of our kit components…
Read More The Benefits of Lyophilization for your Classroom Labs
