molecular cloning
Glycerol stocks and plasmid backups
A glycerol freezer stock and a plasmid DNA tube fail in different ways. Use both when a thaw, a contaminated culture, or a mutant colony is the risk.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
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protein biochemistry
Glycerol stocks of an expression clone
How a clonal glycerol stock fails: thawing the master, satellite colonies, and trusting an antibiotic plate instead of a sequence.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
microbiology
Glycerol stocks that actually recover
How to freeze a verified E. coli clone in glycerol and revive it from the ice so the recovered colony is the one you archived.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read