I have a question. What exactly is a bead beater? And where in the procedure would I use this? And if I don't have one is there something that does relatively the same thing? Would a vortex work?
Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical Schoo, USA
It's a machine that holds the tube and shakes; almost like a vortexes. There are various types which can handle one or many tubes at once. Vortexer also has head accessory parts that does the similar job. However, in our hands bead beater was more effective for cell lysis.