NETWORK OF BUOYANT PARTICLES FOR BIOMOLECULE PURIFICATION

摘要

A network of buoyant particles for clearing lysates of biological material, the network including two or more buoyant particles covalently linked together, wherein the network ranges in size from approximately 30 microns t o approximately one centimeter along the network's longest dimension. The buoyant particles may have a silica surface. The network may have a density less than about 1.2 g/cm3. Methods of making the network of buoyant particle s and methods of isolating target biological material using buoyant particles or a network of buoyant particles are also described.