Electroporation is a powerful alternative to heat shock for delivering small molecules such as plasmids across cell membranes. By application of an electrical field netivetly charged DNA is forced into elector-competent cells by an electrohoresis-type effect. Electroporators can be expensive, generally over $2000, hence the popularity of more chemical solutions such as heat shock. Enter […]
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Technical Tuesday: Economical Electrophoresis
Gel Electrophoresis is a method to spatially separate DNA, proteins or macromolecules in general by their weight (or charge). Depending on your field of research you’ve either never heard of this, or they are ubiquitously referred to as “gels” and they are a part of your daily life. The authors of this blog work in a […]