Biofargo News & Blog

Which Agarose Concentration Should You Actually Be Using? A practical guide to optimizing DNA resolution and band sharpness. Quick question: why does your lab use the gel concentration it uses? If the...

Signs You've Outgrown Hand-Cast Agarose Gels Nobody decides to keep hand-casting gels forever. It usually just... keeps happening, because switching feels like one more thing to organize, and the gels are mostly...

Running Gels for Other People? Here's What Changes. Reproducibility, Traceability, and Efficiency at Scale. If you manage a core facility, run a CRO, or oversee a teaching lab where multiple user groups...

The Real Cost of "Cheap" Gels (It's Not What You Think) Here's a question worth asking honestly: how much does a gel actually cost your lab? If your answer is "a few...

Your DNA Stain Might Be the Weakest Link in Your Gel Workflow Comparing EtBr, SYBR Safe, and GelRed® for safer, sharper results. Let's talk about something most labs don't revisit often enough:...

Rethinking Precast Agarose Gels: Why Labs Are Choosing Biofargo Over E-Gel Precast agarose gels were supposed to make DNA electrophoresis simpler. And in many ways, they have. But after years of E-Gel...