IGEM:Virginia 2012/Protocols/Using the NanoDrop

Overview

Detailed below is the procedure to use the NanoDrop machine to quantify amount of nucleic acid, specifically as prepared from [this protocol].

Materials

• Sterile Water
• Buffer without sample
• Sample in buffer

Procedure

Be very careful using the machine, the other lab is very strict about it and misuse may cause us to lose our privilege of using it.

• Open up the NanoDrop application.
• Choose "Nucleic Acid" on the GUI.
• Aliquot 2 μL of sterile water on the sample space of the machine and then close it.
• Click "OK." Make sure it clicks as it reads the sample.
• Wipe the sample space with a Kimwipe.
• Next, put in 2 μL of the buffer without the sample and click "Blank." Wipe it off with a Kimwipe. This is our control measurement.
• Next, put in 2 μL of your sample. Click "Measure." Then clean the sample space with a Kimwipe.
• Lastly, put on 2 μL of sterile water again, press it down, then move it back up again, and wipe it with a Kimwipe.

Name the file, click "Show Report," and "Save Window" into the shared CVRC folder to access it on our own computers.

Notes

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Contact

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