How to use columns as a purification method

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta brings you this flash animated video tutorial specifically relevant to your student laboratory courses, specifically microbiology. If you're a student at any school of biology, this information will be helpful for learning how to use columns as a purification method.

Different kinds of columns are very important in chemistry, biochemistry, and biological sciences. After watching this animation, you will be able to understand the basic processes that occur in a column.

The first step in using a column is to choose the correct column type and running conditions that will work for isolation of your sample. This can be a very difficult process and involves research or trial and error to get it right! To find out the rest of the steps, keep watching.