Biochem LAB Instruments

Autoclave

a strong heated container used for chemical reactions and other processes using high pressures and temperatures, e.g. steam sterilization.

DNA sequencer

a scientific instrument used to automate the DNA sequencing process. Given a sample of DNA, it is used to determine the order of the four bases: G (guanine), C (cytosine), A (adenine) and T (thymine). This is then reported as a text string, called a read.

Freeze Dry System

also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation, is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product, lowering pressure, then removing the ice by sublimation. it results in a high-quality product because of the low temperature used in processing.

Hybridization Oven

are convection ovens used for molecular assays.

Hybridization Oven

It is used in molecular biology labs, research labs, and other labs where DNA, RNA, or protein identification needs to be done. Southern, northern, and western blots all benefit from using it

Incubators

an insulated enclosure in which temperature, humidity, and other environmental conditions can be regulated at levels optimal for growth, hatching, or reproduction.

Laminar Flow Hood

it is also known as tissue culture hood and is a carefully enclosed bench designed to prevent contamination of semiconductor wafers, biological samples, or any particle sensitive materials.

Laminar Flow Hood

Air is drawn through a HEPA filter and blown in a very smooth, towards the user.

Water Baths/Shaking Water Baths

to steadily shake and mix samples while maintaining a constant temperature. They are used for application such as culturing cells, hybridization, and molecular biology assays.

Water Baths/Shaking Water Baths

are ideal for thawing, heating, mixing and shaking samples. Some applications include hybridization, bacterial culturing, cell aeration and molecular biology assays.

Thermocyclers

are instruments used to amplify DNA and RNA samples by the polymerase chain reaction.

Thermocyclers

it raises and lowers the temperature of the samples in a holding block in discrete, pre-programmed steps, allowing for denaturation and reannealing of samples with various reagents.

Ultrapure water system

as the name suggests, is water purified to the highest standards making it completely free of contaminants.

Ultrapure water system

Eliminates bacteria with UV radiation.

Test tube

also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear plastic tubing, open at the top, usually with a rounded U-shaped bottom.

Test tube rack

is a piece of laboratory equipment used to hold, store, and support lab tubes so that they do not roll away, tip over, break, or strike one another.

Folin-Wu Tube

for blood glucose determination.

Folin-Wu Tube

used in Folin and Wu's method of non-enzymatic estimation of blood glucose.

Glass slide and cover slip

thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope.

Glass slide and cover slip

solid backing on which test samples are taken.

Petri Dish

sometimes spelled "Petrie dish" and alternatively known as a Petri plate or cell-culture dish), named after the German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri.

Petri Dish

is a shallow cylindrical glass or plastic lidded dish that biologists use to culture cells– such as bacteria

Beaker

A simple container for stirring, mixing and heating liquids commonly used in many laboratories.

Beaker

are generally cylindrical in shape, with a flat bottom.

Laboratory flask

are vessels (containers) which fall into the category of laboratory equipment known as glassware.

Laboratory flask

In laboratory and other scientific settings, they are usually referred to simply as flasks.

Pasteur Pipettes

also known as droppers or eye droppers, are used to transfer small quantities of liquids.

Pasteur Pipettes

They are usually glass tubes tapered to a narrow point, and fitted with a rubber bulb at the top.

Pasteur Pipettes

for aspiration and addition of reagents.

Syringes and needles

a simple pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube.

Syringes and needles

The plunger can be pulled and pushed along inside a cylindrical tube (called a barrel), allowing it to take in and expel a liquid or gas through an orifice at the open end of the tube.

Syringes and needles

The open end of it may be fitted with a hypodermic needle, a nozzle, or tubing to help direct the flow into and out of the barrel.

Rubber glove

is a glove made out of rubber. it can be unsupported (rubber only) or supported (rubber coating of textile glove).

Rubber glove

Its primary purpose is protection of the hands while performing tasks involving chemicals.

Tourniquet

is a constricting or compressing device, specifically a bandage, used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time.

Tourniquet

Pressure is applied circumferentially upon the skin and underlying tissues of a limb; this pressure is transferred to the walls of vessels, causing them to become temporarily occluded.

Microscope

is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye.

microscopy

it is the science of investigating small objects using such an instrument.

Microscope

Microscopic means invisible to the eye unless aided by a _____.

Bunsen Burner

named after Robert Bunsen, is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.

Bunsen Burner

source of fire / heat.

Centrifuge

a laboratory device that is used for the separation of fluids, gas or liquid, based on density. Separation is achieved by spinning a vessel containing material at high speed. The force pushes heavier materials to the outside of the vessel.

ultracentrifuge

it is optimized for spinning a rotor at very high speeds, capable of generating acceleration as high as 2 000 000 g (approx. 19 600 km/s²).

ultracentrifuge

There are two kinds of this , the preparative and the analytical. Both classes of instruments find important uses in molecular biology, biochemistry, and polymer science.

Gel electrophoresis

is most commonly used for separation and purification of proteins and nucleic acids that differ in size, charge, or conformation.

Electrophoresis Apparatus

is the motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field.

Electrophoresis Apparatus

used to detect and classify serum proteins or proteins from any other source. Also used for DNA separation.

Chromatography

is the collective term for a set of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures.

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

is a very sensitive in vitro assay technique used to measure concentrations of antigens (for example, hormone levels in blood) by use of antibodies.

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)

Previously it was widely used to detect various things in bold fluids like proteins (natural, infective, those produced by the body in reaction to disease, cancer related), tumor markers, hormones, viruses (hepatitis, HIV, etc.), etc.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

is a test that uses antibodies and color change to identify a substance.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

is a popular format of "wet-lab" type analytic biochemistry assay that uses a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect the presence of a substance, usually an antigen, in a liquid sample or wet sample.

Colorimeter

is a device used in colorimetry.

Colorimeter

In scientific fields the word generally refers to the device that measures the absorbance of particular wavelengths of light by a specific solution.

Colorimeter

used in photochemical analysis and quantitative estimation of substances ranging from blood sugar, to creatinine, hemoglobin, etc.

Burette

is a device used in analytical chemistry for the dispensing of variable, measured amounts of a chemical solution.

volumetric burette

it delivers measured volumes of liquid.

piston burette

are similar to syringes, but with precision bore and plunger.

buret

burette is also known as ___