What are catamaran frames used for?
A28: The Catamaran frames are special tools to position and fix the gel in electrophoresis tanks such as the ORIGINS or the SEA 2000®. Catamaran frames also increase the uniformity of the electric field and they help to direct the buffer flow over the gel. Six sizes of catamarans are available for the ORIGINS and SEA 2000® apparatuses: • 2 catamarans for Mini gels: A) to run 12 samples across the short gels side, and B) to 8 samples across the long gel side. • For Wide Mini gels there are 5 different formats: • for half a Wide Mini gel presentation • for half a high throughput Wide Mini gel presentation • for the whole Wide Mini gel presentation • for the whole Wide Mini gel presentation in high throughput format • for Short fragment gels.