Lipofectamine™ 2000 & BrainBits CNS Tissue Kit

Now, BrainBits® is a distributor of Lipofectamineâ„¢ 2000 Transfection Reagent.   When combined with our specially formulated BrainBits® Transfection Media, Lipofectamineâ„¢ 2000 is ideal for hard to transfect primary neurons. We compared three popular transfection reagents and Lipofectamineâ„¢ 2000 outperformed the competition.Â

•             Optimized for use with BrainBits® tissue, dissociated, and adherent neurons.

•             Our transfection protocol prevents toxicity.

•             A wide range of available volumes to meet transfection requirements while preventing reagent waste.

When combined with the BrainBits Complete Culturing Kit, you have everything you need to start a culture from fresh embryonic tissue for your transfection experiments.

This kit is perfect for the researcher just starting out or for those who want reliability.

Great for classroom education allowing a hands-on approach for the next generation researchers.

Kit includes:

1 Vial of BrainBits Embryonic Tissue in 2 mL of Hibernate® EB Complete.

12 mL of NbActiv1â„¢ media for initiating a culture of primary rat or mouse neurons.

A sterile 6.3 mg vial of Papain

5 mL of Hibernate E - Calcium

A 9” silanized, fire polished pipette and bulb.

A pair of 50 µg/mL poly-D-lysine coated 15 mm glass coverslips.

1 Vial of Lipofectamine 2000 Transfection Reagent

1 Vial of BrainBits Transfection Media

A tissue culture and transfection protocol.

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Embryonic rat tissue is shipped on Tuesday and Thursday, while embryonic mouse tissue is shipped only on Thursday each week unless there is a Federal Holiday or other scheduled company closure date.