Four E's USA TSG100120-4 Glass Tissue Grinder, 20mL

Features:

• Glass Tissue Grinders are meticulously crafted from high-quality, non-reactive borosilicate glass, ensuring the purity and integrity of your samples. Say goodbye to contamination concerns, and hello to precise homogenization.
• The ergonomic handle of the pestle offers a comfortable grip, allowing researchers to effortlessly grind and homogenize samples with minimal effort. The smooth grinding action minimizes the risk of sample heat-up, preserving the integrity of sensitive biomolecules.
• The carefully designed pestle tip and mortar geometry ensure efficient disruption of tissues and cells, resulting in thorough homogenization for optimal yield of cellular components. Achieve consistent results, even with challenging samples.
• The smooth glass surface is easy to clean and sterilize, reducing the risk of cross-contamination between samples. Keep your laboratory environment pristine and your results untainted.
• Glass Tissue Grinders are designed to be compatible with a wide array of sample types and buffer solutions, making them a versatile addition to your lab toolkit.
• The transparent glass construction allows researchers to visually monitor the progress of sample homogenization, ensuring optimal results while minimizing the risk of over-grinding.

Introducing a cutting-edge line of Glass Tissue Grinders - the pinnacle of precision and performance in manual laboratory sample preparation. Crafted with the utmost care, these instruments are designed to transform your research by effortlessly homogenizing biological samples for a myriad of downstream applications. With meticulous attention to detail, we've engineered these grinders to be your trusted companion in achieving reproducible results, every time. Great for DNA, RNA, and Protein Extraction, Cell Lysis and Homogenization, Enzyme Activity Assays, Sample Preparation for PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, and Western Blotting, and Tissue Fractionation.

Four are Better Than One

Each mortar and pestle is individually labeled so that they can easily be located and matched. The glass homogenizers are shipped in a sturdy foam protector designed to arrive in one piece and be ready for lysing cells and freeing organelles.

Four E's Knows Homogenization

Glass tissue grinders are commonly used in various biological and biochemical research settings where the homogenization of biological samples is necessary to extract cellular components or molecules for further analysis.

Here are some situations when people use glass tissue grinders:

1. DNA, RNA, and Protein Extraction: Researchers use glass tissue grinders to break down tissues or cells and release DNA, RNA, and proteins for analysis. The homogenized samples can then be used for molecular biology techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, and Western blotting.
2. Cell Lysis and Homogenization: Glass tissue grinders are employed to lyse cells and homogenize cellular contents. This is essential for studying cell structure, organelle isolation, and understanding cell function.
3. Enzyme Activity Assays: Many biochemical assays require intact cellular components or enzymes. Glass tissue grinders help researchers extract active enzymes by homogenizing samples while preserving their functional integrity.
4. Tissue Fractionation: In studies that involve isolating specific cellular fractions, such as nuclei, mitochondria, or cytoplasm, glass tissue grinders are used to break down tissues before centrifugation or other fractionation techniques.
5. Drug Development and Pharmacology: In pharmacological studies, researchers use glass tissue grinders to prepare samples for drug testing and analysis. Homogenization helps ensure the even distribution of the drug compound within the sample.
6. Pathology and Disease Research: Glass tissue grinders are used to prepare tissue samples for histological and pathological analysis. By homogenizing tissues, researchers can study disease markers, gene expression patterns, and cellular changes associated with various diseases.
7. Plant Research: In plant biology, glass tissue grinders are employed to homogenize plant tissues for extracting DNA, RNA, and proteins, as well as for analyzing metabolites and studying plant-pathogen interactions.
8. Microbiological Research: Researchers working with microorganisms often use glass tissue grinders to disrupt microbial cells and extract cellular components for downstream analysis, such as studying microbial metabolism or gene expression.
9. Food Science: In food science research, glass tissue grinders are used to prepare food samples for analysis of nutritional components, flavor compounds, and contaminants.
10. Veterinary and Medical Diagnostics: In veterinary and medical diagnostics, glass tissue grinders can be used to homogenize biological samples for diagnostic testing, including identifying pathogens or analyzing patient samples.
11. Quality Control in Industry: Industries that involve the production of products derived from biological sources, such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, use glass tissue grinders to ensure consistent quality and homogeneity of their products. In summary, glass tissue grinders are a versatile tool used across a range of scientific disciplines to break down biological samples into smaller particles, releasing cellular contents for various analyses and applications. They play a crucial role in enabling researchers to study the molecular and cellular aspects of life, disease, and biochemistry.