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Eric R. Henderson
What Professor Eric R. Henderson does in his "spare" time. From rapid swap SwichUp™ guitar pickups and the Mo'zonator™ ozone surface conditioner to a EDNA™, a simple system for Electroelution of DNA from agarose gels, the handheld Bluminoid™ SYBR-DNA Illuminator, and the PMP™ (Personal Molecular Printer)!
I’ve been a scientist/inventor/gadget enthusiast for many decades, my personal trajectory evolving from a "shop" major at Hollywood High School to a DNA nanoengineer in my formal occupation at Iowa State University. From automobile engines to DNA nanobots, I thrive on imagining, designing, and making things. I’ve decided to consolidate a lot of my ideas here in the hope that you might want to participate.
This is my most recent project. We visualize DNA during and after electrophoresis using a DNA-specific stain called SYBR (there several versions of this stain with varying properties). In the old days we used ethidium bromide – a potent mutagen. The SYBR stains are less toxic and, even better, they fluoresce in the 500+ nm (yellow/green) range when illuminated with light with a wavelength of less than about 490 nm. These days rather than using the dangerous UV light required by ethidium bromide, we can see
Creodyne, llc
Eric R. Henderson