Stovall Washes Whiter (And Quicker)

Stovall Life Sciences Inc. makes the fully automated Washing Machine™ for the repetitive tasks of processing blots, and staining and destaining gels. The Washing Machine from Stovall Life Sciences, Inc. When is a 30-minute job not a 30-minute job? When it includes intervals that are just too long to sit and do nothing and just too short to accomplish other tasks. The intervals get longer and longer, and, the 30-minute job ends up taking three times as long. Such is the case of processi

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Stovall Life Sciences Inc. makes the fully automated Washing Machine™ for the repetitive tasks of processing blots, and staining and destaining gels.

The Washing Machine from Stovall Life Sciences, Inc. When is a 30-minute job not a 30-minute job? When it includes intervals that are just too long to sit and do nothing and just too short to accomplish other tasks. The intervals get longer and longer, and, the 30-minute job ends up taking three times as long. Such is the case of processing Western blots. A 10-minute wash turns into 12 minutes, then 15 minutes, and hey, 20 minutes would make it cleaner still, right? But you have to show the results at your lab meeting in an hour, or it's 10 p.m. and you want to leave. What you need is to automate the whole procedure so you're free to gather more last-minute data or simply go home ...

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