I am a master student under virology program. Currently, I am working on determination of virus among mosquitoes population . Based on previous study, most of them used bead-based homogenization to homogenize mosquitoes before extraction steps. However, i would like to inquire, is there any published study on using rotor stator homogenization such as mechanical homogenizer without using beads to homogenize mosquitoes. For now, there are no other equipment to homogenize mosquitoes except mechanical homogenizer and beads are quite expensive to purchase. With that concern, I would like to modify the homogenization technique correspond to available equipment in my laboratory. Your response are kindly appreciated.
Thanks for helping me.