by Eric Perkins on December 7, 2009

Working at a plasmid repository, I get a lot of feedback from scientists who are relieved we exist simply because that means they don't have to request a plasmid directly from another academic lab. Either they've had a bad (read on...)

by Eric Perkins on October 23, 2009

Addgene, the non-profit plasmid repository, turned 5-years-old this year. That's five years longer than some of the scientists Addgene first approached to deposit plasmids thought we would last (I can say "we" because I'm a (read on...)

by Suzanne on May 27, 2009

Attending the 2009 American Society of Microbiology meeting this week in Philadelphia, I decided to take my own advice and visit the exhibits to see whether any of the exhibiting companies had any really innovative and unique (read on...)

by Nick on March 30, 2009

Sometimes a new product comes along and you just know that it is going to make your life easier. The SNAP i.d. protein detection system from Millipore falls into that category. In a nutshell, SNAP i.d. is a nifty little gadget (read on...)

by Suzanne on February 12, 2009

Are you tired of having to clean dingy, moldy waterbaths? Or tired of babysitting the heat block to make sure the temperature stayed where you set it? Well there is a new solution to this problem. I just recently discovered (read on...)

by Suzanne on January 20, 2009

Real-time PCR is a specialized technique that delivers far more information about your DNA or RNA than end-point PCR. Essentially, real-time PCR is a way to visualize the amplification of specific DNA fragments as it is (read on...)

by Nick on June 3, 2008

Lazy DNA ligation, low carbon footprint bunsens and back-to-basics E.coli... they're among our top picks of the kit (molecular/Cell bio kits, reagents, services and other stuff) for this week. (read on...)

by Nick on April 10, 2008

Today I was browsing through the "new technologies" section on the Biocompare website. Apart from the amazing but super-expensive automation equipment that most of us unfortunately have little chance of getting our hands on (at (read on...)

by Nick on March 27, 2008

For routine procedures involving cell lysis, it's good for the lysis to be... routine. Of course there are many good and freely available lysis buffer recipes but for convenience and reproducibility you can't beat pre-made lysis (read on...)

by Nick on March 3, 2008

Last week, in my article about the perils of exposing DNA to UV light during cloning procedures, I mentioned a couple of stains that offer an alternative to ethidium bromide for DNA visualisation. I this article I compare all of (read on...)