Preparing and running slide gels

Preparing slide gels

Slide agarose gels can be run in 7 minutes and give great resolution of DNA samples. Multiple gels can be prepared at once and saved for up to a month. Slide gels use only 0.12 g of agarose per gel which reduces the cost of running gels. See the accompanying video “Running slide gels” below.

Gel recipe: 10 mL 1x TAE buffer, 0.12 g agarose –> boil by microwave until dissolved (about 45 sec on our microwave) —> add 0.5 µL 10 mg/mL ethidium bromide

Running slide gels

Slide agarose gels can be run in 7 minutes and give great resolution of DNA samples. Multiple gels can be prepared at once and saved for up to a month. Slide gels use only 0.12 g of agarose per gel which reduces the cost of running gels. See “Preparing slide gels” above for casting the gels.

5 thoughts on “Preparing and running slide gels”

  1. What are the measurements of your glass plate? Is it necessary to use a glass plate or can I use another type of material such as plastic?

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