The company used the connection to its advantage by offering giveaway or promotional items at its stations, including sticker sheets of space mission logos, a paper punch-out lunar module model kit, and a book titled "We Came In Peace," containing pictures of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Total RNA was extracted from tissue punches using the Allprep® DNA/RNA Micro Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) and assessed by chromatography (Agilent Bioanalyzer, Santa Clara, CA, USA).
DNA was extracted from eight leaf punches using the MagAttract 96 well DNA kit (QIAGEN, Hilden, Germany).
Total RNA was isolated from AAV2-treated brain tissue punches using the mirVana™ mitochondrial RNA isolation kit (Applied Biosystems).
DNA from punch biopsies was isolated using the DNeasy Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany).
Genotypes of mice were determined from DNA isolated by ear punch with the use of DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA).
Purchase eyelets and an eyelet punch (often you can get both in an eyelet kit).
Tracing the blue wires to the LDR, punch 2 needles or sharp pins from a sewing kit, one into each wire, at the border of the bottom plate (the reason is explained later).
Boomerang-shaped punch-outs created abstract pine boughs, and were handy for tucking in the punch-out candy canes, stars and balls included in the kit.
The $9.99 Identifier kit comes with eight Dotz and little identifier icons that you punch out.
