My Favorite Companies for Lab Stuff

This list is for my convenience, and does not constitute any kind of official endorsement by me, the Biology Department, the University of San Diego, my grandmother, my pet nematode or anybody else ... that is, the usual legal disclaimers apply.

Ambion - Molecular biology kits, especially for RNA work

Amersham Biosciences - Molecular biology reagents, kits, equipment. What happended to Pharmacia?

bioWORLD - Molecular biology reagents and lab supplies

Books:

Daigger - "discount lab supplies"

Epicentre - Molecular Biology kits, etc. - Now (finally) have online ordering and take my AmEx purchasing card (yahoo)!

Fermentas - Restriction enzymes and other molecular biology supplies from Lithuania

Fisher Scientific - Everything you always wanted for the lab, unless you can get the same thing cheaper from VWR (see below).

Incyte Genomics - high-density blots of (among others) C. elegans and C. briggsae genomic clones (Incyte bought Genome Systems)

Invitrogen - Restriction enzymes, competent cells, custom oligonucleotide primers, TOPO cloning kits, etc. Now includes the former Life Technologies, GIBCO and BRL. When are these guys going to stop merging?

Places to buy stuff for your Macintosh (yeah, OK, I'm a Mac-o-phile):

Places for Macintosh advice, help, news, specifications, etc.:

New England Biolabs, Inc. - great restriction enzymes, etc.

Promega - the usual molecular biology reagents

Qbiogene - merger of Bio101, famous for "GeneClean," and Quantum Biotechnologies

Qiagen - maker of fine nucleic acid purification products, etc.

RPI - Research Products International, Corp. - molecular reagents and lab equipment

Research Genetics - genomics resources, including C. elegans "GenePairs" primers

Retrogen - local San Diego company for custom molecular services, like sequencing

Roche Applied Science - Restriction enzymes, non-radioactive nucleotide detection kits, etc. - includes the former Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals

Sigma Aldrich - you can get almost any chemical from these folks. Sigma & Aldrich used to be separate companies.

Sigma Genosys - inexpensive oligos, etc.
secure online ordering

Stratagene - molecular biology reagents

Tocris - neurochemicals and biochemicals, including some really cool neurotoxins

Tritech Research, Inc. - Great stuff for worm researchers and others, home of "The Cloning Gun"

USA Scientific, Inc. - disposable plastics, other labwares

VWR Scientific Products - Everything you always wanted for the lab, unless you can get the same thing cheaper from Fisher Scientific (see above).