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How do we go from showing the existence of DNA (strawberries, soap and alcohol) to the popular imagery of DNA gels?<br> | How do we go from showing the existence of DNA (strawberries, soap and alcohol) to the popular imagery of DNA gels?<br> | ||
− | This is a consolidated practical go-to version of workshops we have done as Hack-a-Taq and Citizen Science @ Bern. It highlights also the generic lab equipment. You can find similar protocols in other places. This is our documentation.<br> | + | This is a consolidated practical go-to version of workshops we have done as Hack-a-Taq and Citizen Science @ Bern. It highlights also the generic lab equipment. You can find similar protocols in other places. This is our documentation - we put together the "kit" and "home-made" protocols.<br><br> |
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Revision as of 13:54, 14 February 2016
How do we go from showing the existence of DNA (strawberries, soap and alcohol) to the popular imagery of DNA gels?
This is a consolidated practical go-to version of workshops we have done as Hack-a-Taq and Citizen Science @ Bern. It highlights also the generic lab equipment. You can find similar protocols in other places. This is our documentation - we put together the "kit" and "home-made" protocols.
Workflow
With a group of 15-20 people with everyone participating, we see that this workflow can easily take the entire day.
You can stop and continue another time - after the DNA extraction and after the PCR
- Get Samples
- Extract the DNA (PAUSE)
- Amplify the gene of your interest using PCR (PAUSE)
- Separate the PCR products by agarose gel electrophoresis
- Visualize the PCR products (your amplified DNA bits)