reuse PCR gel - (Jun/28/2006 )

This question may have been asked and answered in the years past, but how do you reuse a PCR gel? Do you just microwave it again or do you need to do something else?
Thanks for your help

Sterling

Dear Sterling

You have to answer some more questions

1: Fragment size
2: Dye used
3: Gel concentration
4: Dye in gel, buffer or product
5: Research or Diagnostics

I have reused the same gel for 3 months, then melted it and used it as a plug for SSCP purposes. So depending on your answers above you can just keep on running until your products run out at end of gel, you can then reload.

Cheers

In plant molecular biology reporter (journal) therse is a paper titmled Recycling Agarose it"s free you can download it