Genesee Scientific
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, USA |
| Key people | Ken Fry, CEO Jeffrey Boone, Vice President David Ultis, Vice President |
| Industry | Instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, for life science research, manufacturing, analysis, discovery and diagnostics. |
| Website | www.geneseesci.com www.flystuff.com |
Genesee Scientific Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of products to global life science research markets. With thousands of products available, it markets include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, colleges, universities, and secondary education institutions, medical research institutions, hospitals and reference labs and quality control, process control and research and development laboratories.
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[edit] History
Genesee Scientific was founded in 1995 by Ken Fry.
[edit] Innovations
The company has innovated the UPrep column[1] used in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) purification. The idea behind the UPrep column, is that most, if not all, nucleic acid purification or clean-up kits come equipped with 10-15% more reagent volume than is actually needed for the number of columns the kit contains. This means that for a kit with 100 columns, you end up with enough reagent for another 10 to 15 preps after you run out of columns. Normally, this excess reagent is tossed out. UPrep columns allow you to use this extra reagent for additional preps.
Genesee Scientific has also responsible for developing Blue Devil autoradiography film[2] which produces exceptional clarity and sharpness with extremely low backgrounds. Blue Devil Film is used for blotting, sequencing, chemiluminescent autoradiography (ecl) and gel shift analysis. It is designed for use with 14C, 35S, 32P , and 125I.
[edit] Drosophila Research
Genesee Scientific is the world leader in innovation for and supply to the Drosophila (fruit fly) research community. Drosophilae are widely used as a model organism in the field of genetics.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Campa, Michael (2007). UPrep Universal Spin Filter Column. Retrieved March 19, 2008 from Biocompare
- ^ Dell, Emily A., Bowman, Daniel, Rufty,Thomas, Shi, Wei. "Intensive Management Affects Composition of Betaproteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizers in Turfgrass Systems." Microbial Ecology. October 14, 2007. Accessed on April 21, 2008 from SpringerLink
