Lettuce Investigate! Studying Foodborne Outbreaks in the Lab

Lettuce Investigate! Studying Foodborne Outbreaks in the Lab

Beginning in April 2018, a foodborne outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 caused a nationwide alert about tainted greens. Cases first appeared in Canada and ultimately spread to 32 US states. According to the last Centers for Disease Control and...
Storing Casted Electrophoresis Gels – a Teacher Guest Blog

Storing Casted Electrophoresis Gels – a Teacher Guest Blog

Hello! I’m Diane, an AP Biology teacher who attended a recent MiniOne workshop in New Jersey, and I’d like to share an interesting revelation I had while working with my MiniOne DNA Electrophoresis System in my classroom: it’s possible to store...
Happy New Year from MiniOne Systems!

Happy New Year from MiniOne Systems!

The holiday lights are down and the champagne glasses are away, and here at MiniOne® Systems, we’re settling into the new normal. We wanted to drop in with a giant THANK YOU to the educators, scientists, friends and acquaintances that helped us make 2017 such an...
MiniOne Gets a Makeover – Improving Our DNA Separation System

MiniOne Gets a Makeover – Improving Our DNA Separation System

Since the release of the classic MiniOne Electrophoresis System, we’ve reached out to teachers around the globe to get their reactions to our DNA separation hardware, consumables, and labs. Their responses have been overwhelmingly positive, but they’ve also provided...