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A Kit for Rapid qPCR Performance

Neha Mittal
The Taq PCR core kit as the name indicates contains all the required qPCR enzymes, solutions, and reagents to perform fast reaction mixing and to get the results. This is a ... read more
High Quality RNA Extraction Kit

Neha Mittal
The midi kit is a good option in the labs which extracts the RNA from several samples regularly. The reagents, columns, and solution preparation are very straightforward and ... read more
Cryopreservation Medium

Laetitia CLOTAIRE
To freeze delicate cells like fibroblasts, mesenchymal stem cells, monocytes, or PBMCs for example, I have been using the Synth-a-Freeze cryopreservation medium. In one step, ... read more
RPMI Cell Culture Medium

Laetitia CLOTAIRE
I use this cell culture medium for primary human cells in suspension and attached cells. For fibroblast culture, you just need to add an antibiotic (penicillin/streptavidin), ... read more
ECL Substrate Kit

Laetitia CLOTAIRE
I use the Immobilon Western HRP Substrate during the western blot detection stage. You need to prepare some before detection at a ratio of 1:1 of peroxide solution and luminol... read more
Excellent Thermal Cycler

Parijat Sarkar
I use this thermal cycler for setting up PCR reactions. The programming functions are very intuitive and easy to operate. This machine gives me reproducible runs and would ... read more
Latex Beads to Increase Surface Area for Extracellular Vesicle Flow Cytometry

Rachel Crossland
I have used the Aldehyde/Sulfate Latex Beads (4% w/v, 4 µm) to increase surface area in order to perform flow cytometry for specific markers related to extracellular vesicles ... read more
Magnetic Stirrer That Is Resistant to Incubators and Cold Rooms

Filippo Massa
We were looking for a cheap and compact stirrer that could be used in the incubators. After several tests with other suppliers, we found this little one that proved very ... read more
Good Vortexer for the Price but No Speed Control

Filippo Massa
I needed a small vortex to fit under the hood in the cell culture. This mini vortex has the advantage of a very small size compared with others and a very accessible price. ... read more
Lyophilised Trypsin for adherent cells

Rachel Crossland
I have used the Trypsin from porcine pancreas lyophilized powder (Type II-S, 1,000-2,000 units/mg dry solid) during isolation of human articular chondrocytes cells from ... read more
Assessing MMP-13 by ELISA

Rachel Crossland
I have used the Human Pro-MMP-13 Quantikine ELISA Kit to assess secreted MMP-13 protein from cultured chondrocytes, according to the manufacturer's instructions at optimized ... read more
Excellent Ficoll (6x500ml), good quality/price

Filippo Massa
We often perform mononuclear cell isolation from human blood samples of different origins (fresh blood, aphaeresis residues...). This packaging of 6x500ml bottles is very ... read more
No More Serial Dilutions for Albumin Standards

Filippo Massa
Very very handy pre-diluted bovine albumin dilution. The concentration range is pretty wide (from 0.125 to 2 mg/ml) divided into 7 points ready to use with different ... read more
QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit

Saurat Dione
I have been using this gel extraction kit a few times already to sequence amplified DNA bands, which run over agarose gel. This kit is very easy to use, and instructions are ... read more
Good Sealing Sheets for Plates

Filippo Massa
Sealing sheets for plates (any well size, 96 or 384). They have a good price/quality ratio and they can be used for basic sealing of the plates and avoid evaporation. We used ... read more