Software · Free browser tool
Bench Arcade
Nineteen free, browser-only tools for everyday bench work: plasmids, primers, buffers, dilutions, cell culture, qPCR, plate reader curves, gel and image analysis, mass spec peaks, CRISPR guides, statistics and more.
What it does
- Protein Desk: MW, pI, ε280, GRAVY, composition and the gel % to run it on
- PCR & Primers: nearest-neighbor Tm, dimers, hairpins, master mix and cycling program
- Gel Bench and Gel Band Sizer: SDS-PAGE and Western blot densitometry, band sizes in bp or kDa
- Clone Bench: plasmid maps, diagnostic digests, primer design and Sanger verification
- Buffer Book (42 recipes), Dilution Desk (C₁V₁, molarity, serial series, RCF ↔ RPM) and Cell Culture calculators
- qPCR Bench: ΔΔCt with error bars and primer efficiency from a standard curve
- Plate Reader Desk: linear, quadratic and 4PL standard curves; IC50 / EC50 with Hill slope and confidence intervals
- Growth Curve Analyzer: doubling time, lag, max OD and AUC per well
- Image Lab and Colony & Cell Counter: scale, lengths, areas, intensities, colocalization, CFU/mL
- MS Peak Finder, CRISPR & Codon Desk, Stats & Plotting Desk, Plate Layout Designer, Protocol Timer and Sanger Trace Viewer
Where it runs
Runs entirely in your web browser. Nothing to install, and your data stays on your computer.