Bento Lab 🧬
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We make Bento Lab = a portable PCR workstation for scientists and educators. Tweets about methods, field sequencing and DNA barcoding
London
Joined October 2013
PCR workstation with laptop-sized footprint? ✅.32-well thermocycler? ✅.8,000 × G centrifuge? ✅.Electrophoresis unit? ✅.Blue light transilluminator? ✅.Spare capacity/fieldwork/teaching/at home? ✅.Affordable and portable✅. Check out Bento Lab here:.
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Building a DNA reference library for sharks and rays 🦈 in the Indian Ocean – exciting to see this new preprint from @blue_resources! . They used Bento Lab to support a sequencing workflow with @oxfordnanopore.
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RT @theBentoLab: Disease surveillance is evolving: faster, more effective, and less invasive (easier to use in real-world settings). Brilli….
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RT @theBentoLab: Need a quick, low-cost DNA extraction for PCR, LAMP, or RPA?. HotSHOT and Dipstick methods are both quick, safe, & under $….
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Link to the full article. Well done to the team @E_A_Karlsson, @fomsgaard_s, @jurreysi and colleagues .
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Disease surveillance is evolving: faster, more effective, and less invasive (easier to use in real-world settings). Brilliant to see @PasteurCambodia in the Telegraph for their work using air sampling and portable equipment, pushing forward how we monitor high-risk environments.
The #Virology Unit at @PasteurCambodia is constantly working to make #surveillance and #EarlyWarning faster, better, and cheaper — from air sampling to portable field labs. Happy to have our work featured in this @Telegraph article by @sneweyy . Read more:
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Need a quick, low-cost DNA extraction for PCR, LAMP, or RPA?. HotSHOT and Dipstick methods are both quick, safe, & under $0.50/sample — interesting for fieldwork or routine labwork. We’ve written a guide exploring when each method could work for you (and when it won’t).
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32 highschool students. 1 week. Real CRISPR experiments!. At @UlsterUni's UGenie summer school, Year 13 students knocked out genes in E. coli, ran PCRs, and analysed gels using Bento Lab. We spoke with @DrMicrobiome about making complex molecular biology concepts feel real.
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RT @UlsterUniBiomed: Kicking off #BiomedicalScienceDaywith a great article by @theBentoLab on our @UUBiomed UGenie programme. Year 13 pupil….
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RT @UUGene_Editing: UGenie 2025 is due to commence in August. This article by @bethanwolfenden @theBentoLab gives great insight into the….
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RT @theBentoLab: Want to teach DNA barcoding but not sure where to start?. We’ve rounded up 4 lesson plans packed with practical steps — fr….
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RT @theBentoLab: Interested in comparing costs, sequence success, and sequence quality of different sequencing platforms?. Here’s an intere….
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RT @DrMicrobiome: Training Biology teachers from across NI key molecular biology skills with @theBentoLab that they can transfer back to th….
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RT @DrMicrobiome: Fun day teaching year 14s how to analyse PCR products on @theBentoLab as part of our Ulster Life Science and Biotech (ULi….
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RT @theBentoLab: We are excited to share the story of BeeCode Berlin 🐝 — a citizen science project that’s bringing DNA barcoding out of the….
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RT @theBentoLab: DNA proof of a leopard population thought to be extinct 🐆🧬. We're so excited to share a piece on @nabilamor's work on cons….
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