Re: Gel drying

kimber@nnbt.com
Thu, 12 Aug 99 08:46:07 PST

If you are just air drying them between cellophane try Novex's Gel
Dry. I rarely have a problem with cracks.

One trick is to have them dry overnight in a cabinet free from drafts
and remove the well supports that tend to trap air.

Happy drying,

Kim Brown
Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
Davis, CA
kimber@nnbt.com

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Subject: Gel drying
Author: Pawel Mak <makp@mol.uj.edu.pl> at internet
Date: 8/12/99 5:05 AM

Hello all !
I have frustrating troubles with drying of tris-tricine SDS-PAGE gels used
to peptide separation: due of high percentage of acrylamide the gels very
often crack during drying. Of course I tried soaking with different
glycerol concentrations, the gels were dried in different gel dryers under
different temperatures and on different beds but my invention appears to be
out...
Is there any magical trick I do not know ?
Thank you in advance for help !
Pawel Mak


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