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GCODe Mini
GCODe Pro
Results
As soon as the GCODe Mini was assembled and calibrated, we put it to work. To find out whether GCODe could actually measure optical densities in a reproducible manner, we tested it in Prof. Dipshikha Chakravortty’s lab under the supervision of Jeswin Joseph, her PhD student. And it worked!
For the full details, please see our Results page.
We also wondered how easy it would be for someone else to assemble the Mini on their own. We gave the parts and Construction Manual to one of the freshmen we had interacted with as part of our outreach program [ link to correct thing]. In less than two hours, Arpit was holding a brand new working GCODe Mini!
Cost
We have gone to great pains to make GCODe as cheap as possible, by avoiding expensive techniques such as 3d printing and using low-cost and widely available components, such as the Arduino, and simple servo motors. The Mini costs roughly $80 dollars and the GCODe Pro costs an incredibly low $250 ! To put that number in perspective, consider that the Bioscreen C, a commercially available cell culture system, costs an eye-popping $25000, literally a hundred times as much!
Praise for the Mini
Sai Matha Shahnavaz
"I would love to buy it - just waiting for the version with two test tubes!" - Dr. Neha Bahl, Biology Lab Instructor, IISc
"I'm gonna use the Mini for all my experiments now!" - Rishi, grad student at the Molecular Pathogenesis Lab, IISc where we tested the GCODe Mini
Continue to learn more about the Mini or the Pro insert mini image, pro image which are the links