Product Reviews

While I worked at Boehringer Mannheim in the Biochemical Division as a Product Development Scientist II (1987-1994), I had an opportunity to... Read Review

Miltenyi Biotech makes several kits that effectively isolate different immune cell types, such as T cells, B cells, or dendritic cells. ... Read Review

The Microm HM560 is a cryostat with electronic temperature control down to -35°C. It also offers fast freezing with Peltier down to -55°C ... Read Review

The µMACS technology from Miltenyi Biotec uses super-paramagnetic microbeads, which are conjugated to tag-specific antibodies in order to ... Read Review

Molecular cloning procedures often require decent amounts of pure DNA fragments, usually generated by PCR or enzyme digestion. The Wizard® ... Read Review

The DNA Engine Opticon System (PTC-200 DNA Engine Cycler and CFD-3200 Opticon Detector) is an easy-to-use and sensitive machine for ... Read Review

The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter (DLR™) Assay System is widely used for performing two reporter assays. Each system includes 10 ml Luciferase ... Read Review

I typically use the BCA assay method to determine the concentration of protein samples. The protein that I am currently studying tends to ... Read Review

Most any molecular biology lab that deals with DNA requires the use of agarose gels to isolate and purify DNA products. Especially ... Read Review

Mass spectrometry has become an inseparable part of modern biology. Recording spectra is not a difficult task but its analysis sometimes ... Read Review

HLA typing kits from GenoVision are based upon SSPs (Sequence Specific Primers). In our lab, we are mainly using the DQ-DR SSP combi tray ... Read Review

We have used an Olympus FluoView™ 500 confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscope for a long time been and have been rather satisfied ... Read Review

CyDye DIGE Fluor minimal dyes are the basis of the two dimensional-differential in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) technology. All three CyDye... Read Review

Transfection of cloned genes into mammalian cells is a powerful tool for biologists to study a specific gene. Many chemicals/methods can be... Read Review

There are so many miniprep kits available today that it difficult to choose which one would be the best for your application. I have used ... Read Review

The NanoDrop ND-1000 (NanoDrop Technologies) is a full-spectrum (220-750nm) spectrophotometer that can measure 1 ul samples with high ... Read Review

The RosetteSep® method of monocyte enrichment from whole anticoagulated human blood works by crosslinking unwanted leukocytes (WBCs) (e.g. ... Read Review

The Roche Expand High Fidelity^PLUS PCR System contains a master mix enzyme blend of Taq DNA polymerase and a proofreading enzyme that lacks ... Read Review

The StrataClone™ PCR Cloning Kit is designed for efficient cloning of PCR fragments. The kit contains StrataClone™ Vector Mix, StrataClone™ ... Read Review

ProSci, Inc. produces custom polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies at prices similar to other companies. What sets their services apart is ... Read Review

The UV-1700 ParmaSpec is a sensitive, reliable instrument for accurate detection of various substances, including biological samples. The 1 ... Read Review

The VacuGene XL Vacuum Blotting System executes vacuum blotting with gel treatment carried out in the blotting unit itself. Both pre-... Read Review

I use the GenElute™ Gel DNA Extraction Kit from Sigma when I want to carry out extraction of plasmid DNA from agarose gels. Most of my ... Read Review

The TOPO TA Cloning Kit® provides a highly efficient, 5-minute cloning strategy for the direct insertion of Taq polymerase-amplified PCR ... Read Review

We found the Catch and Release® v2.0 to be a versatile new kit which made immunoprecipitation (IP) easier and simpler than traditional ... Read Review