ELISA Kit

3 Kits: 1 Gilson/Rainin, 2 Fixed Volume Mini-Pipets

2 Crates per Kit

This kit is a simulated detection of avian flu influenza via an ELISA assay. Students are County Health Officials and are assigned the task of analyzing sera of a bird and a cat via ELISA to detect the presence of avian influenza. The kit also includes some models for demonstrating how the ELISA assay works and about antibody structure. Additional resources
and journals are included to inform and educate students on the impending avian flu situation across the globe.

Kit includes**:

• Map activity
• WHO Timeline
• Google Earth Activity
• ELISA Planter Model Demo pdf
  
• ELISA Lab Protocols
• Teacher Protocol pdf
• Student Protocol pdf
• ELISA Student Worksheet pdf
  
• ELISA Teacher Worksheet pdf
  
• Micropipets
• Antibodies and substrate (TMB)
• Chenille Stems for modeling antibodies
• Chenille Stem Modeling Activity
  
• Planter Tray ELISA Well Model
• Microfuge
• 96-Well plates
• Tips
• Microtubes
• Avian Flu resources, posters, and accessories
• Kit Inventory List pdf
  

Illustrations

	Cycle of H5N1 inside a cell (1 page diagram)
	Cycle of H5N1 inside a cell (2 page diagram)

NOTES:
1) Teachers must attend a training workshop to sign up for an ELISA Kit.
2) Teacher supplies distilled water to dilute PBS, paper towels and timers for wash steps.
**Supplies Only Versions are available if you have your own equipment.

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