Some tips from the ZebrafishUCL greenlab to reduce plastic waste
Make some DIY Pipette Tip Holsters
Attach to your solution bottles so you can reuse pipette tips instead of using fresh everytime!
Reusing pipette tips for multiple rounds of genotyping
Watch Anya demonstrate how to load a gel with a much smaller number of pipette tips. Don’t forget to keep your box of tips for subsequent rounds of genotyping, they can be used again and again! Our homemade mini gel mould is made from broken old bits of gel rig. It uses 3x less agarose than commercial moulds. Download the laser cutting pattern below.
Homemade Mini Gel Rig
Our adorable mini gel rig was made by laser cutting bits of old broken gel rig. It uses 3 X less agarose than the equivalent 5 lane commericial gel rig. Saving agarose and cute to boot! If you feel inspired to make our own download the laser-cutter pattern by clicking on the image .
