Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples
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Blog Post
Published
Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...plasmid we have at Addgene. Each sample at Addgene has four layers of location which can all be extrapolated...hold up to 96 tubes (see image below). Each plate has numbers and letters to give coordinates, from A1 ...replicate sample.
The transformation
After the DNA has been received and stored, it is put into E. coli ...and prepare fresh media with antibiotics at each stage. The barcodes and LIMS help us track each sample...