Light Box
name: label: user
content: Cohen, Stanley N.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This UV light box was used in the lab of Stanley Cohen at Stanford University in his research on recombinant DNA. UV light boxes are used to help visualize results from of DNA and RNA analysis through gel electrophoresis. Molecules subjected to gel electrophoresis create a pattern of bands on a gel medium as they move. Scientists can interpret the pattern to obtain the results of the analysis. However, because the bands of molecules are naturally colorless, they must be dyed to be made visible. Dyes that fluoresce under UV radiation are commonly used. This UV light box was used to provide illumination behind the dyed bands, causing them to fluoresce so that they could be photographed and interpreted.
label: Description (Brief)
content: For more information on the Cohen/Boyer experiments with recombinant DNA see object 1987.0757.01
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label: Description (Brief)
content: Accession File
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: California, Stanford, Stanford
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stanley N. Cohen, MD and Stanford University Medical Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0757.39
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0757.39
label: accession number
content: 1987.0757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: light box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.7 cm x 18.5 cm x 25.7 cm; 3 1/32 in x 7 9/32 in x 10 1/8 in