I have experimented with making my own transilluminator for GelGreen and SybrSafe stains, similar to the Pearl Biotech transilluminator instructable you linked to. I have found that 2424 Blue Acrylic works as prefilter and 2422 Orange Acrylic works as a postfilter for those stains. I got sample sheets from ridout plastics. Attached is a photo of a gelgreen-stained dye sandwiched between these two acrylics illuminated underneath via a blue LED array.
Any interest in working on a design for open-source reusable gel cassettes for making precast gels? It would be possible to create these cassettes directly out of the filtering acrylics.
Any interest in working on a design for open-source reusable gel cassettes for making precast gels? It would be possible to create these cassettes directly out of the filtering acrylics.
I left similar comments for the author of the instructable.
Mac
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Jeswin <phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:
Are they using black acrylic for the box? Never seen that before.
I think the blue LED Pearl box is better for a DIYbio lab. Less
dangerous equipment = safer lab. I mean, who you gonna call when you
do something stupid?
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Alex Hoekstra <alex.gmu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't get me wrong, I love that directions for these are made
> available so that anyone so inclined can make their own, but I feel as
> though it's still out of the reach for many. Laser-cut acrylic
> components? Hmm. Maybe I'll just hit up ebay...
>
> On Dec 11, 3:52 pm, Dakota Hamill <dko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just got the UV Transilluminator project in my instructables weekly
>> newsletter and thought it looked pretty nice and that others might want to
>> check it out. Turns out her other project (gel box) is pretty slick and
>> finished looking too.
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/UV-Transilluminator/
>>
>> http://www.instructables.com/id/Gel-electrophoresis-system-mini/
>
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Thanks for sharing this valuable information that's really great. Xitij Instruments is leading manufacturer of lab equipments like UV transilluminator.
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