RunBlue precast gels have been developed as an improvement on the current state of the art precast SDS-PAGE gels. RunBlue gels are more rigid and up to 10 times stronger than conventional precast gels resulting in more robust gels that can be handled with confidence without tearing - an 8% gel can be thrown into the air and caught without breaking!
RunBlue gels are manufactured using a unique method of polymerisation that results in more uniform and more complete polymerisation of the acrylamide when compared to conventional, chemical based methods. This results in gels that have superior batch to batch reproducibility and practically eliminates exposure to un-polymerised acrylamide.
RunBlue gels incorporate a stacking gel that has been dyed (red for SDS and green for Native) for the simplest ever sample loading. In addition to this there is no comb to remove as the top of the teeth are fixed in place. This not only prevents teeth from being accidentally torn off during comb removal, but also means that all wells are uniform with the teeth remaining vertical which prevents sample cross contamination / inability to load desired volume. Teeth also protrude above the lower, front plate of the gel cassette preventing sample flow over into adjascent wells.
RunBlue Gels have high capacity wells, up to 35 µl (12 well) or 20 µl (17 well), to allow the maximum amount of protein to be run per lane - particularly useful if your sample is soluble to very low concentrations (see also NVoy Polymer Technology to see if we could help with this) or you are trying to detect very low abundance proteins. The gel matrix thickness is 1 mm. RunBlue Gels are offered in both 10X10 cm. and 8X10 cm. formats.
The resolving gel on RunBlue gels extends to the very bottom of the cassette which not only provides improves resolution but also there is not protruding gel that requires trimming prior to blotting. There is also no additional tapes / covers to remove - simply take gel from pack and use.
RunBlue gels have an external cassette size of 10X10 cm or 8X10 cm and are directly compatible with the most common gel tanks and apparatus. Please also see our Dual Run & Blot apparatus.
RunBlue Gels are supplied in boxes of 10 gels and are now available in 12 and 17 well formats covering a range of concentrations and gradients for both Native and SDS-PAGE.