Life Science Buffers
Balanced salt solutions and powders used for molecular, protein, nucleic acid, and cell biology applications including cell culture, electrophoresis, ELISA, and chromatography processes; available in a variety of formulations and grades.
Buffer solutions serve to keep pH (acidity or alkalinity) nearly constant in a variety of chemical and biological applications. For example, a bicarbonate buffer helps maintain the pH of blood, a buffered saline maintains cellular contents at a consistent pH level, and buffers help maintain a narrow pH range for enzymes to function correctly.
Most biological samples used in research are kept at a pH of about 7.4. Common biological buffers used for tissue culture include Dulbeccos phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Tris base, HEPES, MOPS, PIPES, and other formulations developed for specific cell lines or applications. Most buffers used in cell culture are also DNase-, RNase-, and protease-free.
The choice of buffer for a particular biological reaction or site depends on several factors:
- Temperature
- Desired or target pH
- Buffer toxicity (to the system)
- Buffer interactions with other system components
Gibco™ HBSS (10X), calcium, magnesium, no phenol red
Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) is used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue samples, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents.
PBS Tablets, Phosphate Buffered Saline, Fisher BioReagents™
Phosphate Buffered Saline Tablets, CAS Number-7647-14-5, 7447-40-7, 100 tablets, Clear, Gray, White, 5/8 in., 600 SEC max., CAUTION!
TBE Buffer, Tris-Borate-EDTA, 10X Solution, Electrophoresis, Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 10043-35-3 Synonym: TBE
Gibco™ PBS, pH 7.4 (flow cytometry grade)
Phosphate-Buffered Saline (PBS) is a balanced salt solution used for a variety of applications, including reagent preparation, diluting cells for flow cytometry and as a cell culture reagent.
Invitrogen™ TE, pH 7.0, RNase-free
Invitrogen TE buffer is a commonly recommended storage solution for RNA samples. 10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 7.0 is in nuclease-free, ultrapure water.
Tris Hydrochloride, 1M Solution (pH 7.0/Mol. Biol.), Fisher BioReagents™
CAS: 77-86-1 Molecular Formula: C4H11NO3 Molecular Weight (g/mol): 121.136 InChI Key: LENZDBCJOHFCAS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Synonym: Tris-HCl PubChem CID: 6503 ChEBI: CHEBI:9754 IUPAC Name: 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol SMILES: C(C(CO)(CO)N)O
Gibco™ PBS, pH 7.2
Gibco PBS, pH 7.2, is a balanced salt solution widely used in various cell culture applications to maintain a stable pH and osmotic balance, making it ideal as a wash, transport, and dilution buffer.
Gibco™ DPBS, powder, no calcium, no magnesium
Dulbecco's Phosphate-Buffered Saline (DPBS) is a balanced salt solution used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents.
Invitrogen™ PBS (Phosphate-Buffered Saline) Tablets
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a balanced salt formulation used for a variety of cellular applications.
Gibco™ PBS (10X), pH 7.4
Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a balanced salt solution that is used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue samples, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents.
Gibco™ DPBS (10X), no calcium, no magnesium
Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS) is a balanced salt solution used for a variety of cell culture applications, such as washing cells before dissociation, transporting cells or tissue samples, diluting cells for counting, and preparing reagents.
Thermo Scientific Chemicals HEPES, 1.0M buffer soln., pH 7.5
CAS: 7365-45-9 Molecular Formula: C8H18N2O4S Molecular Weight (g/mol): 238.30 MDL Number: MFCD00006158 InChI Key: JKMHFZQWWAIEOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N PubChem CID: 23831 ChEBI: CHEBI:42334 SMILES: OCCN1CCN(CCS(O)(=O)=O)CC1
Phosphate Buffered Saline, 0.01 M, pH 7.40 at 25°C, Ricca Chemical
Phosphate Buffered Saline, 0.01 M, pH 7.40 at 25°C is non-Sterile.