Friday, September 22, 2017

Laboratory tools and reagents (Micro-pipettes)...

Micro-pipettes are essential tools of R & D labs, and integral part of Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs)
Micro-pipetting methods include forward and reverse. 
Manual micropipettes come in 4 sizes.
P10: 1.0 - 10.0 micro L
P20: 2.0 - 20.0 micro L
P200: 20 - 200 micro L
P1000: 200 - 1000 micro L

Accuracy decreases as you use unnecessarily large pipettes for small volumes.
Use filtered pipette tips when performing PCR or working with RNA. Filtered tips are vitally important for preventing contamination during PCR experiments and other molecular biology applications such as bacteriology and work in radioactive areas. Primarily, they prevent the sample solution from contaminating the pipette cone during aspiration.
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Pipettes can be manual, single-channel, multi-channel, manual or electronic.
Its important to calibrate the pipettes periodically. For high-precision molecular protocols, even slight variation in settings can lead to errors.


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Laboratory tools and reagents (Micro-pipettes)...

Micro-pipettes are essential tools of R & D labs, and integral part of Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) Micro-pipetting methods include ...