What's New
Every update to BenchCalc, from the first release to what is coming next.
Troubleshooting Guides
Bespoke troubleshooting guides written by a postdoctoral research associate. Interactive diagnostic flowcharts for when your experiments go wrong. PCR failed? Protein will not express? Gel looks wrong? Step-by-step decision trees to work out what happened and what to do next.
Bench Guide & Gel Ladders
The biggest update yet. BenchCalc is no longer just a calculator.
NEW Bench Guide section - an entirely new part of the app with educational, reference, and safety content written by the developer.
NEW Glossary - 368 terms across 10 scientific categories with molecular structure rendering.
NEW Learn & Understand - 72 entries covering physical chemistry, biology, structural biology, experimental design, and scientific writing.
NEW Lab Safety - 19 guides with handling instructions, spill response, and first aid.
NEW Lab Tips - 36 practical technique tips across 6 categories.
NEW Statistics glossary covering experimental design and data analysis.
NEW Gel Ladders - 6 protein and 7 DNA ladders with band sizes, prestain colours, mass per band, and loading volumes.
NEW Loading dye migration tables for bromophenol blue and xylene cyanol in agarose, denaturing PAGE, and SDS-PAGE.
New Reference Tables
NEW Antibiotic reference - 20 entries with working concentrations, stock preparation, and resistance genes.
NEW Media & buffer recipes - 15 scalable recipes including LB, SOC, M9, PBS, TAE, TBE, and more.
NEW Fluorophore database - 60 dyes with spectrum bars and laser line compatibility filter.
NEW Lab safety and technique tips.
NEW Troubleshooting wizards coming soon placeholder.
Minor bug fixes.
NEW Ligation ratio calculations with insert:vector molar ratios and enzyme presets.
Fixed pH slider reset on clear.
Major Update
NEW DNA to RNA to Protein conversions with sequence translation, six reading frames, and ORF highlighting.
NEW Radioactive decay calculator with preset isotopes and decay curve.
NEW Peptide isoelectric point calculator with charge-vs-pH curve.
NEW Normality calculator with equivalence factors and N1V1=N2V2.
NEW Restriction digest calculator with enzyme database, buffer compatibility, methylation and star activity warnings.
Improvements and bug fixes.
Protocols & PCR
NEW PCR / reaction calculator table with enzyme presets and overage.
NEW Step-through lab protocols with checklist and focus modes.
NEW In-app calculator wired to other tools for quick intermediate calculations.
Extensive general improvements across the app.
Clear functionality added across all calculators.
Improvements to Protein MW calculator, Bradford assay, lab timer, and more.
Bug fixes and improvements. Expanded restriction enzyme set. Expanded reagent database. Improved bench timer.
Initial Release
BenchCalc launches on Google Play and the App Store. Calculators for nucleic acids, protein, dilutions, buffers, and cell and lab tools. Reference tables for amino acids, nucleotides, codons, restriction enzymes, and reagents. The app I wished I had had at the bench.