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Description
Excellent for teaching basic electrophoresis principles. Students become familiar with general techniques, such as preparing agarose gels, loading samples into sample wells, using gel chambers and power supplies, observing results, and measuring migration distances. This kit utilizes 5 unique dyes to demonstrate differences in migration rates and charges. Kit includes instructions and materials sufficient for 8 groups of students.
Product Details
Beginning—Easy to perform, requires little or no prior knowledge.
Teach the foundations of gel electrophoresis with 5 unique dyes that students can easily visualize and analyze! This kit is designed for students to become familiar with general biotechnology techniques such as preparing agarose gels, loading samples into sample wells, using gel chambers and power supplies, observing results, and measuring migration distances.
Product Features
- Included needle-point transfer pipets remove the need for micropipettes
- Colorful known and unknown dye samples provide clear results
- Room-temperature storage
- Materials sufficient for 8 student groups (8 gels)
- Kit refill available (item #211144)
- Includes teacher manual with reproducible student guide
Time Requirements
Teacher prep: 20-45 min. Lab: 45-55 min.
Learning Objectives
- Students will learn the basic principles of gel electrophoresis.
- Students will be introduced to a universal technique used in biotechnology laboratories.
- Students will observe how dye molecules of different sizes and charges migrate through a gel during electrophoresis and will then draw conclusions about unknown dyes on the basis of this information.
