[DIYbio] Re: Commercial DNA capsules - any experience? Useful or snake oil?

Nice. Looks pretty straightforward:

"By way of example, a particularly preferred solid medium according to this aspect of the invention comprises an absorbent cellulose-based paper such as filter paper having a minimal loading, per sq.cm. of paper, as follows:
(a) EDTA: 0.5 micromols (146.1 mg of free acid)
(b) Tris: 8 micromols (968.8 mg of free base)
(c) SDS: 1 mg; and optionally
(d) uric acid: 2 micromols (336.24 mg of acid)."

They also mention coating the cards with polystyrene for long-term storage.

Patrik

On Saturday, March 9, 2013 1:41:24 PM UTC-8, Mitch Day wrote:
I have used the Biomatrica DNA storage system for plasmids and bacterial genomic DNA. Yes, it is very over-priced, but it also works well enough. There have been some decent studies that show it is an improvement over desiccated naked DNA or -80C storage.

Another option is FTA paper (Whatman). These are just chemically-treated paper cards. One can apply naked DNA in solution or whole cells to the paper and then recover enough DNA for transformation or PCR. http://www.whatman.com/FTANucleicAcidCollectionStorageandPurification.aspx

There has been a lot more research on FTA paper because it is such a cheap and stable medium. It is still on patent, but not for long.


MY $0.02(USD),

Mitch




On Sunday, February 24, 2013 2:21:54 PM UTC-8, Jiri Dluhos wrote:
Hello colleagues,

please, does anyone have any experience with the commercial DNA capsule services, like DNAcapsule.com or securigene.com?

Are their methods of DNA preservation sound? Isn't it just snake oil?

I am very tempted to use them for DNA archiving because they don't require constant freezing, but I'm not sure whether the companies really provide what they say. Would I be able to find a difference if they sent me back a vial of salt water in iron case?

I will be glad for any opinion.

Best regards,

    Jiri Dluhos

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