移液

微量移液枪的使用

A.GilsonPipetmenAutopipets(andsimilarmodels)

WeprimarilyusetheGilsonautopipetsinthecorecourselabs.Wehavefoursizesidentifiedbythenumberontheroundbuttonontheplunger.Thevalueisthemaximumvolumeinmicrolitersthatcanbetransferredwiththatsizepipet.

SizeindicatorbuttononaGilsonP1000.

Otherautopipetsizeswehaveonhand.
P1000P200P100P20

Whatsizeofautopipetisrightforthejob?

RULEOFTHUMB:AlwaysselecttheSMALLESTsizepipetthatwillhandlethevolumeyouwishtomovetoachievethegreatestaccuracy.Accuracydecreasesasyouuseunnecessarilylargepipetsforsmallvolumes.

Thefollowingtableshowstheusefulvolumerangesforeachpipettype.Makespecialnoteoftheminandmaxvalues.

SIZE

UsefulRange

MaxVolume

MinVolume

P1000

200-1000ul

1000ul

200ul

P200

20-200ul

200ul

20ul

P100

10-100ul

100ul

10ul

P20

0.5-20ul

20ul

0.5ul

B.HowtoReadtheVolumeontheAutopipet

Lookatthefrontfaceofthepipetandyouwillseeawindowwith3(three)digitsinside.ThediagrambelowshowstheMAXIMUMvaluethatcanorshouldbedialedinoneachsizepipet.Toexceedthesevalueswillputthepipetoutofcalibration.Besideeach"window"belowisthenumbersplaceitrepresents.Pleasetakethetimetolearnhowtoreadthemsoastoavoiddamagingthembydialingvaluesoutoftheirrange.

GilsonP1000scalewindow.

P1000

P200,P100

P20

1

1000"s

100"s

10"s

2,1

100"s

10"s

1"s

2

10"s

1"s

1decimal

0

0

0

0

0

0

C.Howtochangetheloadvolume:

Holdthepipetorhorizontallywiththeplungertoyourleft.Changeorsettheloadvolumebyturningtheknurledplasticknobatthetopofthehandgrip.Rollittowardsyoutodecreasethevaluesandawayfromyoutoincrease.WATCHCAREFULLYasyouchangethevaluestomakesureyoudon’ttakethenumbersoutofrange.Ifindoubt,reviewtheallowablevolumesforeachsizepipetor,andthenaskforhelp.

D.Technique

  • GRIP:Holdthepipetorlikeaknifeinahorrorflickwithyourindexfingerontheplunger.Yourindexfingergivesyoumuchfinercontrolovertheplungeraction.
  • LOADING:Loadasteriletip(blueforP1000;yellowforP200andallsmallersizesincludingVWRautopipets)andthenreclosethetipboxtomaintainsterilitiy.
    • Pushtheplungerdownslowlytothepointoffirstresistance:thissetstheloadvolume.
    • Whileholdingtheplungerattheloadvolumesetpoint,putthetipintothesolutionsothatitisimmersedjustenoughtocovertheend(3-4mm).
    • Slowlyreleasetheplungertodrawuptheliquidmakingsuretokeepthetipimmersed.Visuallyinspecttheloadtomakesureitiscorrect.
  • DELIVERY:Todeliverthevolume,placethetipintothereceivingvesselandpresstheplungerallthewaytothebottom-thisexpellsalltheliquidandgivesalittleextravolumetogetthelastdropletout-ANDTHEN,WITHOUTRELEASINGTHEPLUNGER,withdrawthetip.
  • CHANGETIP?RepeatasnecessaryusingthesametipifNOTchangingsolutions.Useafreshtipforeverychangeofsolution,orwheneveritisprudenttomaintainsterileconditionsandavoidcrosscontaminationofsolutionsorcultures.
  • TIPDISCHARGE:Whileholdingthetipoveranappropriatewastereceptacle,pressthewhitetipdischargeslideronthebackofthegrip.

E.SmallVolumesTechnique:Withsmallvolumes,especiallythe1-10ulrangeusedinmolecularBIOLOGyprotocols,youmustkeeptrackofthedropletsyoupipet.Carefullyexpelltheliquiddropletonthesidewallofthetubesothatyoucanseeit.

Ifaddingtoalargervolume,flushthetipwiththesolventliquidafterexpellingthedroplettomakesureyougetallthedeliveryliquid.Withsmallvolumesyou"llusuallyneedtocentrifugeandthenvortexthetubetogetagoodmixingofthereagents.

F.ASimpleCheckforProperCalibration

Checkthecalibrationofyourmicropipetbyusingthefactthat1ulofdeionized(ordistilled)waterhasamassof1ug.Pipetarangeofvolumesspanningthemicropipet"susuablerangeandmassthemonatoploadingbalancehavingatleast3decimalplaceaccuracy.Pipetshavinggreaterthan0.1%errorshouldberecalibrated.

G.InstructionsforUsingtheVWR5-50ulAutoPipets

TheVWR5-50ulautopipetsfunctionsimilarlytotheGilsonPipetmanautopipets.Themajordifferenceliesinhowtosettheloadvolume.Thisisfurthercomplicatedbythelossofthe1ulindexring(whichsurroundstheplunger)fromseveralofthepipets.

Theplungerhastwostops,thefirstbeingtheloadvolume,thesecondfordischargevolume.Thesepipetorsusethesamesmallyellowtips(yellowororangeboxes)asusedforP200andsmallerGilsonautopipets.Thetipejectorisadarkgraybuttonnearthetopofthehandgrip(seediagrambelow).

Howtosettheloadvolume:

Onsomeofthepipetorstheindexringismissing.Tomaintaintheirutility,wehavemarkedthe1ulincrementsandthezeroreferencepointwithafelttiponthetopofthehandgrip.Thediagrambelowshowsthepipetorproperlysetfor10ul.Theindexringisequivalentindepthtothe5ulintervalsontheplunger.Theabsenceoftheindexringthereforeletsthe15ulmarkshowjustatthetopofthehandgrip.Toreadtheactualvolumeyou’llhavetosubtract5ulfromtheapparentvolume(15ulintheexample)indicatedatthetopofthehandgrip(seediagram).Askforhelpifyou’rehavingdifficultyreadingorsettingthecorrectloadvolume.

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Theplungerhasaverticallinedemarcatedbyhorizontalticksateach5ulincrementfrom0ulto50ul(toptobottom–seediagramatright).Whentheplungerisrotatedtoaligntheverticalmarkwiththe"zero"referencemarkontheindexring,theloadvolumeisthatofthehorizontallinejustshowingabovetheindexring.Inthediagramtotherightthatvolumeis10ul.

Incrementsof1ulareachievedbyturningtheplungerCWtowardthe"+"symboltoincreasevolumeorCCWtowardthe"-"symboltodecreasevolume.Eachclickalignstheverticallinewithanewreferencemarkontheindexring.Toset13ul,goto10ulandthen3clicksCW.

Above:SideviewofVWR5-50ulautopipetsetto10ul.
Above:Pipetsetto20ul.