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  • Gel Documentation Systems: How to Choose the One for You

    Gel Documentation Systems: How to Choose the One for You

    Wednesday, October 27, 2010
    Quick: what are the most frequently used pieces of equipment in your lab? Pipettes probably take the top spot, but gel documentation systems likely ... read more
  • in vivo Imaging

    in vivo Imaging

    Monday, July 26, 2010
    When it comes to animal research, there's no getting around one simple fact: It's expensive. Between care, housing, and feeding, live animals can take... read more
  • Fluorescent Western Blotting

    Fluorescent Western Blotting

    Monday, June 28, 2010
    It's been nearly 30 years since W. Neal Burnette first coined the term "Western blotting" to describe the electrophoretic transfer of protein gels ... read more
  • Live Cell Imaging: Health And Longevity For All

    Live Cell Imaging: Health And Longevity For All

    Monday, December 07, 2009
    Let’s face it: cells simply didn’t evolve to live in isolation, or even in monolayers, in little plastic dishes. How relevant are our experiments on ... read more
  • Western Blotting: Techniques For Quantifying Smaller Amounts

    Western Blotting: Techniques For Quantifying Smaller Amounts

    Monday, June 22, 2009

    Though there are many ways to detect proteins, the decades-old technique of western blotting remains a protein detection mainstay. “Western blotting

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  • in vivo Imaging

    in vivo Imaging

    Monday, April 20, 2009
    In vivo imaging is an optical imaging technique which looks deep into the tissues of living test subjects. Applications for in vivo imaging include ... read more
  • Gel Documentation Systems

    Gel Documentation Systems

    Monday, March 23, 2009
    A major problem in the past with DNA and protein gels has been the difficulty in getting good images and data from them. Photographs under white or UV... read more
  • Image Analysis Software

    Image Analysis Software

    Monday, February 02, 2009
    If there's one universal need shared among all life sciences laboratories, it's the need for good data analysis tools. This is especially true in the ... read more
  • in vivo Imaging Systems

    in vivo Imaging Systems

    Friday, December 12, 2008
    It wasn’t all that long ago that the ability to peer inside an animal and visualize a molecular marker seemed like only a dream. Today, there are ... read more
  • Phosphatase Inhibitors

    Phosphatase Inhibitors

    Friday, April 27, 2007
    The presence or absence of a phosphate can be the difference between an active protein and an inactive one. After you’ve gone to all the trouble... read more