Tube opener

[Shiao Y. Wang]

When opening microcentrifuge tubes with my thumb, I find it difficult to
avoid touching the inner seal on the lid of the tube. I have not been
able to locate a supplier of tube openers in the U.S. USB no longer sell
them. I've ckecked with Fisher, VWR, Robbin Scientific, etc. Does anyone
know of a supplier in the U.S.? If none could be found, I'm thinking
about asking our fabrication center to make some using aluminum (so that
it can be sterilized or made RNase free by baking). Making several at
one time would be cheaper. Anyone else interested?

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Shiao Y. Wang
University of Southern Mississippi
sywang at whale.st.usm.edu