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Perhaps someone would barter with you for your reagents? On Wednesday 11 July 2007 18:28, Eric Dollins wrote: > Thank you to all who replied to my original post. Here is the result. > > Original query: > Sorry for the off-topic question.....Does anyone know a way to just > buy the spin columns from the Qiagen (or similar) PCR clean up / Gel > extraction / miniprep kits, without buying the entire kit? Our lab is > deluged with buffer components but seem to be perpetually running out > of the columns. > > Replies (note: I have not tried any of these yet!): > > The most recommendations were for: EconoSpin All-in-1 Mini Spin > Columns for DNA/RNA extraction from Epoch Biolabs > (www.epochbiolabs.com). $95.00 for 250 columns. (Qiagen kit for 250 > is $317.00). > > Others sources are: > Uprep columns (www.uprepusers.com). These are distributed by various > companies in the US and Europe. > Others mentioned that you can buy them from Qiagen directly with some > sweet talking, but I'm not sure how the prices compare. > > Merry nucleic acid purification! > > Eric -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com