PocketPCR: a $100 PCR Kit

We’ve covered cheap DIY PCR solutions a couple of times, but there’s always room for one more PCR device. PocketPCR from the wonderful GaudiShop is a $110 PCR kit. The project has a well thought out assembly detailed in this instruction manual, but it will require a tiny bit of soldering. The USB powered device […]

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A qPCR device for $300

A real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR), or quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), is a modification to normal PCR where one monitors the amplification of a targeted DNA molecule during the PCR. We’ve written before about our favorite cheap solutions for PCR, but check out this interesting paper on building your own quantitative-PCR (qPCR) machine written by Geoffrey Mulberry, […]

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