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== Open Gel Box 2.0 == | == [[User:Norman Wang/Open Gel Box 2.0|Open Gel Box 2.0]] == | ||
* The idea arose from DYIBio discussions in the threads below: | * The idea arose from DYIBio discussions in the threads below: | ||
** [http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/e9d15d1da1c4b46b Context for cheap bio lab tools / materials] 2008.10.20 | ** [http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/e9d15d1da1c4b46b Context for cheap bio lab tools / materials] 2008.10.20 | ||
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** [http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/4f2b19be43ad649f Gel Electrophoresis Box Design for Laser Cutter] 2008.10.27 | ** [http://groups.google.com/group/diybio/browse_thread/thread/4f2b19be43ad649f Gel Electrophoresis Box Design for Laser Cutter] 2008.10.27 | ||
* [http://friendfeed.com/rooms/gelbox2-0 FriendFeed "Gel Box 2.0" Room Links] | * [http://friendfeed.com/rooms/gelbox2-0 FriendFeed "Gel Box 2.0" Room Links] | ||
== | == [[User:Norman Wang/Blue Light Transilluminator|Blue Light Transilluminator]] == | ||
Visualizing DNA without UV damage using alternatives dyes, such as the SYBR dyes, require a less damaging blue excitation light source. However, the cost of the excitation light source at $1090 from Inv$tr$g$n is inhibitory for the progress of scientific research, and calls for an economical alternative. It is this absurd price for a handful of commonly available LEDs (used in your Christmas Trees lights) and light filters (used in photography and special effects in film and theater) that drove me to build this equivalent light box. This transilluminator particularly focus on visualizing SYBR Safe, one of the many dyes used in molecular biology. I hope this effort will spark an interest in collaboratively compile a list of LED/Light filter combination used for exciting and visualizing other molecular dyes. | |||
Latest revision as of 05:24, 16 November 2008
Open Gel Box 2.0
- The idea arose from DYIBio discussions in the threads below:
- Context for cheap bio lab tools / materials 2008.10.20
- "M'Kenzie in the Kitchen - how to make a gel box" 2008.10.24
- Gel Electrophoresis Box Design for Laser Cutter 2008.10.27
- FriendFeed "Gel Box 2.0" Room Links
Blue Light Transilluminator
Visualizing DNA without UV damage using alternatives dyes, such as the SYBR dyes, require a less damaging blue excitation light source. However, the cost of the excitation light source at $1090 from Inv$tr$g$n is inhibitory for the progress of scientific research, and calls for an economical alternative. It is this absurd price for a handful of commonly available LEDs (used in your Christmas Trees lights) and light filters (used in photography and special effects in film and theater) that drove me to build this equivalent light box. This transilluminator particularly focus on visualizing SYBR Safe, one of the many dyes used in molecular biology. I hope this effort will spark an interest in collaboratively compile a list of LED/Light filter combination used for exciting and visualizing other molecular dyes.
