Bio-Rad High-Throughput Dodeca™ Gel Stainers - Manual (Page 11)

2.3.3 Accessories
The Dodeca stainer accessories add further convenience to working with large
format gels.
Gel Clip
The gel clip facilitates large format gel handling and eliminates gel break-
age by minimizing direct hands-on gel manipulation. The gel clip gently,
but securely, clamps along one entire edge of a gel, distributing the weight
evenly so that the gel can be easily lifted without tearing. The gel clip is
used to transfer a gel from a glass plate to a staining tray. Once the gel is
stained, the gel clip can be used to transfer the gel from the staining tray to
an imager or spot cutter
platform. The gel clip can be used with any gel size.
Fig. 2.3.3 A. The Gel Clip. Fig. 2.3.3 B. Clamping Fig. 2.3.3 C. Lifting the Fig. 2.3.3 D. Transferring
onto a PROTEAN gel off the glass the gel to a large
Plus precast gel plate. staining tray.
(25.6 X 23 cm).
Storage Boxes
The storage boxes are available for
storing gels, while placed on the
staining trays. The storage boxes
accommodate up to 4 gels (on the
staining trays) plus one additional tray
to hold the top gel in position. Two
sizes are available to hold the
appropriate staining tray size.
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Fig. 2.3.3 E. Large and small storage boxes
shown with 5 staining trays stacked inside.