#sybr

[kneipe]

bologna 2023

[dreammfortress]

[urbangrounds]

[lifeinalab]

Ethidium bromide is found in pretty much every molecular biology lab around. Ask most biologists about handling it, and you're get a fearful expression and advice to use gloves, etc. That's because the compound is used to make DNA fluoresce when running gels, and it does that by slipping neatly betw

“The reference above found that the SYBRsafe alternative was actually much more toxic than EthBr to the bacterial cells used in the mutagenicity tests. SYBRsafe was toxic at concentrations as low as 1 microgram/ml, whereas EthBr toxicity was not observed until 250micrograms/ml.”