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| − | + | <h4 class="page-heading">Agarose Gel preparation (x%)</h4> | |
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| − | + | <li>To prepare agarose gels we used TopVision Agarose Tablets that are manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific.</li> | |
| − | + | <li>Add appropriate number of agarose tablets to the electrophoresis buffer based on the table below to prepare your desired gel percentage</li> | |
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| − | + | <p> | |
| − | + | Note: Use a flask that is 2 to 4 times the volume of the solution being prepared.</p> | |
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| + | <li>Before heating soak tablets in a buffer (~ 4 minutes) until tablets completely break into fine-particle slurry. Swirl the slurry to break up any remaining particles. Important: Ensure tablets break up entirely. Heating will render non-dispersed agarose particles insoluble.</li> | ||
| + | Note: Heating times are dependent on the volume of liquid and number of gel tablets to dissolve. | ||
| + | <li>Remove the flask from microwave, swirl gently to dissolve any remaining agarose particles.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Reheat on high power for 1-2 minutes or until the solution is clear and all particles are dissolved.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Remove the flask from the microwave oven, and gently swirl.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Cool the solution to approximately 50-60 °C.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Add ethidium bromide (EtBr) to a final concentration of approximately 0.2-0.5 μg/mL (usually about 2-3 μl of lab stock solution per 100 mL gel). Mix well.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Pour the gel into a tray of required size and place in the well comb, let the gel cool and solidify for 10-15 mins at room temperature.</li> | ||
| + | <li>This gel can now be used to run electrophoresis gels.</li> | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | Note: To let the gel cool down to the required temperature of about 60 °C one can use a smaller volume container, which is not affected by heat to let a smaller volume of the melted agarose cooldown faster.</p> | ||
| + | </ol> | ||
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Revision as of 23:04, 20 October 2019
Protocols
Agarose Gel preparation (x%)
- To prepare agarose gels we used TopVision Agarose Tablets that are manufactured by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
- Add appropriate number of agarose tablets to the electrophoresis buffer based on the table below to prepare your desired gel percentage
- Before heating soak tablets in a buffer (~ 4 minutes) until tablets completely break into fine-particle slurry. Swirl the slurry to break up any remaining particles. Important: Ensure tablets break up entirely. Heating will render non-dispersed agarose particles insoluble. Note: Heating times are dependent on the volume of liquid and number of gel tablets to dissolve.
- Remove the flask from microwave, swirl gently to dissolve any remaining agarose particles.
- Reheat on high power for 1-2 minutes or until the solution is clear and all particles are dissolved.
- Remove the flask from the microwave oven, and gently swirl.
- Cool the solution to approximately 50-60 °C.
- Add ethidium bromide (EtBr) to a final concentration of approximately 0.2-0.5 μg/mL (usually about 2-3 μl of lab stock solution per 100 mL gel). Mix well.
- Pour the gel into a tray of required size and place in the well comb, let the gel cool and solidify for 10-15 mins at room temperature.
- This gel can now be used to run electrophoresis gels.
Note: Use a flask that is 2 to 4 times the volume of the solution being prepared.
Note: To let the gel cool down to the required temperature of about 60 °C one can use a smaller volume container, which is not affected by heat to let a smaller volume of the melted agarose cooldown faster.
