Next Advance Bullet Blender Gold Bead Homogenizer is the best model for preparing RNA Samples. The powerful motor incorporates dry ice 4°C Cooling™ to keep samples at 4°C.

Using a temperature sensor in the instrument, monitoring the motor and using an algorithm, a fan is modulated to blow the right amount of air past dry ice and then mixed with ambient air in the instrument and past samples to keep them near 4°C.

New plus model features a liquid nitrogen port for two different methods of cooling!

24 samples in microcentrifuge tubes capacity. 

This homogenizer for tissue or cell cultures, can process up to 24 samples in parallel, each sample up to 0.3g each in a microcentrifuge tube (1.5 mL screw-cap RINO® tubes or snap-cap Eppendorf® safe-lock® tubes).

Includes starter kit of beads, scoops and tubes.

Read this excerpt from the manufacturer's website to learn what makes this bead homogenizer unique:

How is the Next Advance Bullet Blender different from other high-throughput homogenizers on the market?

The Bullet Blender is similar to other bead mill style homogenizers in that it processes each sample in its own tube using homogenization beads. Therefore, there is no chance of cross-contamination and there are no parts that need cleaning after each sample.

A unique feature of the Bullet Blender is the way it agitates the sample tubes. Other bead-mill homogenizers vigorously shake the sample tubes, which requires a great deal of energy. The large motors required tend to make these homogenizers large and expensive: many are 2-3 times the cost of the Bullet Blender.

The Bullet Blender, on the other hand, uses a patented striking technology. Strikers impact the sample tubes. These bursts of energy force the sample tubes to oscillate vigorously in 3 dimensions, at a range of frequencies, up to several thousand cycles per minute. We find that a range of frequencies is more effective than a single frequency.

This energy-efficient approach requires a much smaller motor and avoids the need to clamp tubes into a holder, so loading the sample tubes in the Bullet Blender is much easier and quicker. The Bullet Blender is smaller, lighter, and less expensive than competitors’ equipment while working just as well.

Also unique to the Bullet Blender, the sample tubes rapidly oscillate in a stream of rapidly flowing air. They are not clamped into a holder, preventing air exchange. Therefore, convective cooling is very effective and sample heating is minimal, especially in models with Air Cooling or 4°C Cooling. The Bullet Blender can also be used in a cold room, unlike many of the other instruments on the market.