Re: UV hood vs Flow Hood

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Jeswin <phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:47 PM, kingjacob <kingjacob@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Were these just hoods with UV lights or did they also have flow? I guess it
>> could work to keep the workspace sterile while you aren't using it, but I
>> always bleach everything before I get started so its a tad redundant.  I
>> guess It depends what you are working with, but if you are doing synbio
>> where you usually dont want mutations, i'd keep the UV away.
>>
>
> I asked the guy if it was laminar flow and he said it was UV hood to
> prevent cross-contamination for their RNA work. The hood was a large
> clear chamber able to fit on a normal lab workbench. They have the
> wall mounted flow hoods for other jobs like cell culture.
>

UV in this sense is just to break down the RNA, since its more labile
than DNA anyway. I would think it would have small arm holes to
prevent air currents as much as possible, did it?

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