Setting up a lab at home

[kang at msvax.mssm.edu]

In article <41vlar$maq at hermes.oc.com>, Gordon Betts <betts at orion.etsu.edu> writes:
>Susan Jane Hogarth <sjhogart> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> I'm considering setting up a basic "molecular biology" laboratory in my home. I
>> hope to design/build much of the equipment, and to purchase some. This is not
>> as far-fetched as it may seem (I hope!) as my mate is a
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>> Susan Jane Hogarth
>> sjhogart at unity.ncsu.edu
>> 
>About a month ago there was a discussion on this group about $1
>electrophoresis.  Check the archives.
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>Gordon


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Correction;

That was not $1 electrophoresis. That was less than $1 gel box.



Any way;
I do not want to set up whole lab in my home. Rather,  I want to have small
nice
facilities simply because I do not want to stay at lab late to just transform
my
lovely BUGs.

If I want to subclone something, this is my typical SKD.

10:00 AM; Think some good strategy
10:30   ; Start RE digestion
12:30   ; Running gel (having lunch during this time)
01:30 PM; Start DNA purification from the gel
02:00   ; Start ligation
03:00   ; Mix ligation mix with competent BUGs, keep cold
03:30   ; Heat shock and add medium, keep warm
05:30   ; Plating

Oh! If only I have a nice and little incubator which can give sufficient warmth
to my little fellows, I don't have to stay at the lab till 5:30. I can bring my
little fellows in my pocket and can plate them in my home lab. 


Inventor of the less than $1 gel box.