The GeneCatcher, available from the Gel Company, provides a simple and inexpensive way of removing bands from gels in a simple two-step process.
The GeneCatcher tip fits all standard 1000-µL pipettors. Simply push one of the rectangular (4x1 mm or 6.5x1 mm) tips onto the pipette and you are ready to go. Select the band for extraction and push the tip onto the band and remove. To remove the band from the GeneCatcher, just use the pipettor release action to place it into a suitable container.
The tips are made from polypropylene and are used in such a way as to eliminate cross-contamination between samples. The GeneCatcher is a safe an efficient device that provides researchers with uniform extractions. As excision time is so fast, less time is spent looking down into harmful UV transilluminators when cutting directly from light boxes. Additionally, scratch damage caused by cutting with a conventional blade on the transilluminator surface is eliminated. GeneCatcher tips are available in bags of 250 and also in racks.
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