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To make dropout plates you need to measure out:

  1. 1.7g Yeast nitrogen Base (the one without ammonium sulfate or nutrients)
  2. 5g Ammonium sulfate
  3. 20g Sunrise (or BD) Agar
  4. 1.4g of the premixed SC or dropout powder
  • all of which is mixed in 1L of water
  • make sure that a stir bar and a little water are placed in the flask you're using beforehand so that everything will mix properly.
  • after adding and mixing the ingredients, pH to 5.9
  • stick the mixture in the autoclave.
  • after autoclave:

add 40mL 50% glucose from our stock solution using a stipette.


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