Re: [DIYbio] diy magnetic plate for DNA purification?

Yeah, I know of the commercial ones. We got 2, but they're $300 or so.
Pricing the small 0.25 diameter magnets, you can get 100 for $32 from
unitednuclear. I was thinking of placing them on a used pipette tip
rack. That is, unless the magnets the companies use for their stands
are special for magnetic beads? Anyone know?

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Dakota Hamill <dko...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've seen them in the lab before, never seen anyone use it.  Many companies
> sell them for purification of DNA with magnetic beads.
>
>  I messed around with one one day out of curiosity and the magnets were
> falling everywhere, seemed like a pain in the ass to use.
>
> http://www.alpaqua.com/Products/MagnetPlates.aspx
>
> https://www.neb.com/products/s1511-96-well-microtiter-plate-magnetic-separation-rack
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Jeswin <phill...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone considered building an 8-well or 96-well magnetic plate for
>> purification of DNA with magnetic beads? I was looking at the prices
>> of plates and they're pretty expensive. It seems to me that they're
>> just a 96 well stand with neodymium magnets placed in between. A 100
>> neodymium magnets placed between a used pipette rack seems like it
>> could do the same job and cost 10x less.
>>
>> Thoughts? What about the magnets and their strengths?
>>
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