The Cloning Gun^®: (BactoZapper^® & MammoZapper^®)
Electroporation Equipment for Mammalian Cells & Bacteria

Revolutionizing Bacteria Transformation:
The BactoZapper^® is a cordless, rechargeable, hand‑held electroporation instrument that achieves Transformation Efficiencies (TE's) of over 10¹⁰ transformants per µg of input DNA with E. coli bacteria harvested in phase. Even with standard stationary phase cells, prepared using our revolutionary, super‑easy cell prep featuring our CompBooster^® Solution, overnight cultures can exceed 10⁹per µg.

The MammoZapper^® is a cordless, rechargeable, hand‑held electroporation equipment that achieves transfection efficiencies exceeding 50% of viable cells with a variety of standard mammalian cell lines including neurons, astrocytes, neuroglia, lymphocytes, monocytes, fibroblasts, epithelial and endothelial cells from human, mouse, rat and monkey (see below for photos).

Thin surgical stainless steel electrodes backed by water‑ice temperature stabilizers provide a superior environment for cells during electroporation. We make use of the "latent heat of fusion" of water (it takes the same number of calories to melt 1g of ice as to heat 1g of water 80°C!), so your sample stays cool, which is important to avoid arcing. Since the Pipectrode is a pipette, you can eject your sample into recovery buffer instantly.