Life Science Lab Apps You Wish You Knew About

December 8, 2014

By Mat Rosso

3D Cell (Free) Learn about the cell using this 3D app. Rotate and zoom in on any cell structure and learn how each structure functions.

iPhone and iPad

Biological Buffer Calculator (Free) Choose from a list of biological buffer systems, enter your data, and the app will calculate the exact volumes of stock solutions to mix in order to obtain the buffer needed.

iPhone and iPad

CD Antigens Information Finder (Free) An easy-to-search database that includes data on the molecular weight, family, molecular structure, cellular expression patterns, function, and biomedical usefulness of CD molecules.

iPhone and iPad

Cell Culture (Free) Controlling variables is key to a successful cell culture. This app helps eliminate variability by allowing you to record cell culture data in the lab, as it happens. You can export all data files to your Mac or PC.

iPhone and iPad

Cell Imaging (Free) This app helps you find fluorescent dyes, reagents and protocols for cell biology related fluorescence microscopy applications.

Android, iPhone and iPad

The Chemical Touch An interactive and informative periodic table of elements. Recolor the periodic table by selecting properties other than Atomic Mass to visually express periodic trends.

iPhone and iPad

Cloningbench (Free) This app provides you with useful and essential tools to help guide your cloning experiments.

iPhone and iPad

Cytometry (Free) This app helps you find fluorescent reagents, kits, and protocols for cell biology and microbiology applications.

Android, iPhone and iPad

DailyCalcs Science Calculator (Free) 8 scientific calculators that simplify everyday tasks in the lab.

iPhone and iPad

DNA/RNA/Protein and General Molecular Weight Calculator (Free) Enter any nucleic acid base sequence, protein or peptide amino acid sequence, or standard chemical formula, and obtain the molecular weight. Also estimates the molecular weights of unknown nucleic acid or protein/peptide sequences.

iPhone and iPad

Fast Counter Helps scientists efficiently count bacterial colonies.

iPhone and iPad

Fluorescence SpectraViewer (Free) Plot and compare spectra, check the spectral compatibility for many fluorophores and email the configuration to yourself or others.

iPhone and iPad

iCut DNA Lets you search the Restriction Enzyme Database (REBASE) for enzymes and the DNA nucleotide sequences they cleave. Search by name or the recognition sequence. Database includes references, suppliers, isoschizomers, and methylation site.

iPhone and iPad

LabGuru Mobile (Free) Assists researchers with mobile tasks. Use this app to find any item in your lab, record images and link them to your research project, and manage orders and inventory with a shopping list. You can even retrieve and record your protocols and results straight from your bench.

Android, iPhone and iPad

Lab Timer (Free) LabTimer is a count-up and alarming count-down multi-timer. It includes 4 timers with customizable labels and small icons describing the state of all timers.

iPhone and iPad

Measures – Units and Currency Converter Quickly convert between hundreds of units and world currencies. Their database includes over 1000 units in 40 categories.

iPhone and iPad

Molecules (Free) View 3D renderings of molecules. Rotate, zoom in or out, or pan the molecules. These structures can be viewed in both ball-and-stick and spacefilling visualization modes.

iPhone and iPad

PCR Essentials (Free) Plan your research without even being in the lab by connecting your ProFlex PCR system with your mobile device!

Android, iPhone and iPad

PubChase (Free) PubChase is a biomedical literature search and recommendation tool. Search publications, organize and store papers in your library, and discover new papers of interest to you.

Android, iPhone and iPad

GE Purify (Free) With chromatography media and pre-packed columns covering the most commonly used chromatography techniques – affinity, ion exchange desalting, gel filtration and hydrophobic interaction – this app offers hundreds of products for protein separation and analysis.

Android, iPhone and iPad

Real-Time PCR (Free) An easy-to-use real-time PCR handbook that covers all aspects of real-time PCR from the basics of how the technology works to data analysis and interpretation.