2024 NSTA New Orleans • EDVOTEK® Workshops

03 - Sweet Laboratory: Exploring Food Science with Biotechnology

Experiment Overview

1 Prepare dye samples by extracting food dyes from candies

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Prepare agarose gel in casting tray.

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Remove end caps & comb, then submerge gel under buffer in electrophoresis chamber.

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Load each dye sample in consecutive wells.

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Attach safety cover & connect leads to power source to conduct electrophoresis.

After electrophoresis, transfer gel for visualization.

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Analysis on white light source.

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