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Very Good and Reliable FBS

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 25, 2019
Absolutely recommended for cell culture! Read Review
A Chemiluminescent Substrate for Protein Detection by Western Blotting

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 25, 2019
With certain proteins that are not well detected with a regular ECL substrate, the use of this reagent might optimize the results. There is ... Read Review
Anti-BTK Antibody from Abcam

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Abcam

April 24, 2019
This is a reliable antibody for Western blot applications. Read Review
Great Antibody to Detect mTORC2 Activity by pAKT(S473)

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 24, 2019
Great antibody to assess mTORC2 activity with immunoblot analysis. Most widely used antibody for mTORC2 signaling. Read Review
Anti-IL-17a A488

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BioLegend

April 24, 2019
Okay antibody. Would try in a different fluorochrome. Read Review
LUNA-II Makes Cell Counting a Breeze

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Logos Biosystems

April 24, 2019
Reusable slides, trypan blue, and price tag are all very affordable. The PDF printout is very informative. Counting is very fast and ... Read Review
Extraction of Genomic DNA

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 24, 2019
Good kit with detailed instructions and a sensitive enzyme that is provided to ensure efficient lysis of the cells. Can be used with frozen ... Read Review
Great Tubulin for Confocal Microscopy

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MilliporeSigma

April 23, 2019
Highly recommend this antibody if you need a mouse isotype anti-tubulin antibody for confocal microscopy. Read Review
Good Phospho-Btk Antibody from CST

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 23, 2019
This is a good antibody to use in Western blot. Read Review
TUNEL Assay Kit for Cell Death Detection

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 23, 2019
Overall the protocol is pretty straight forward but you need to read which buffers need to be made in advance and which ones on the spot, ... Read Review
Easy Temperature Control with Thermomixer C

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Eppendorf

April 23, 2019
Thermomixer C provides efficient and consistent heating of samples with or without mixing. The optional ThermoTop lid reduces condensation ... Read Review
Good Anti-IL-8 Antibody from Thermo Fisher

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 23, 2019
Although not the brightest fluorochrome, it is specific and would recommend. Read Review
Great PCR Master Mix for Next-Generation Sequencing Sample Prep

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New England Biolabs

April 23, 2019
Good choice of reagent to prepare next generation sequencing samples. Read Review
A Probe for Mitochondrial Superoxide

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 22, 2019
Once everything is prepared for the assay (Krebs medium could be pre-made, aliquoted and stored at -20), it is a relatively easy experiment ... Read Review
IKK 16 Blocks LPA-mediated COX-2 Expression

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Tocris Bioscience, a Bio-Techne Brand

April 22, 2019
IKK 16 abolished LPA-induced COX-2 expression in human osteosarcoma cells. Read Review
Good Choice of PCR Kit for Genotyping Purposes

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New England Biolabs

April 22, 2019
This is a really good choice of DNA polymerase for large-scale screening of clones when you are doing genomic tagging. Read Review
Great Antibody to Detect CD98 Surface Expression

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BioLegend

April 22, 2019
Highly recommend this antibody to detect CD98 expression. Very reliable and consistent. Read Review
Phospho-p44/42 MAPK Antibody for Western Blot from CST

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 22, 2019
This is a great antibody for western blotting. Gave results as expected. Read Review
Anti-p-AKT (D9E)

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 22, 2019
Bright bands. Would recommend for optimization. Read Review
Easy-to-Use qPCR Machine with Intuitive Software

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 19, 2019
The lab performs a large amount of quantitative real-time PCR. We have used this machine for TaqMan and SYBR green assays. It gives reliable... Read Review
Reliable Kit for Isolation of Mouse CD4 T Cells

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April 19, 2019
Absolutely recommended for isolation of mouse pan CD4 T cells! Read Review
Good Fixable Viability Dye from eBioscience™

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 19, 2019
Specific, bright, high resolution. Good dye, would recommend. Read Review
Reverse Transcription with Reduced RNase H Activity

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Nippon Gene Co., LTD, NIPPON Genetics EUROPE

April 19, 2019
I recommend using because it provides good results for a good price. Read Review
Good Antibody for CD5 in Mouse from BD Biosciences

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BD Biosciences

April 19, 2019
This antibody works well in mouse T cells. Read Review
The Kit to Make Guide RNA for CRISPR Gene Editing

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 19, 2019
It's a very reliable kit to make guide RNA at home instead of spending four times more money ordering from companies. It can also be faster ... Read Review
Good Anti-p-STAT1 (D4A7) from CST

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 18, 2019
Specific, bright. Would recommend. Read Review
Bright TCF1 Antibody for Human and Mouse from CST

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Cell Signaling Technology

April 18, 2019
This antibody works well for human and mouse T cell staining. Read Review
IL-6 Estimation in Cell Culture Supernatant

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BosterBio

April 18, 2019
Overall justified results with quality of the product. Also good value for the money. Order 4 or more kits to get good discount. That was ... Read Review
Easy-to-Use Power Supply

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Bio-Rad

April 18, 2019
The lab runs many protein and DNA gels each week. We are constantly using our PowerPac HC High-Current Power Supplies. The power supply has ... Read Review
Good Tabletop Vortex Mixer

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VWR International

April 18, 2019
Every bench should have a vortex mixer like this one. Read Review
Great Precast Gels for SDS PAGE

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Bio-Rad

April 18, 2019
Absolutely recommended for SDS PAGE! Read Review
Permeabilization Buffer for Intracellular Staining

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 18, 2019
This is a good choice of permeabilization buffer if you are staining proteins inside the nucleus or other organelles. Read Review
Hard to Optimize

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BioLegend

April 17, 2019
This antibody was difficult to optimize for flow cytometry. Here, we attempted to stain blood and spleen macrophages for CD39 expression. We... Read Review
Good Kit for PCR Studies

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Roche

April 17, 2019
I highly recommend this kit because of the good price and the possibility of amplifying samples that we were not able to amplify before. ... Read Review
Reliable Media for Cell Culture

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April 17, 2019
Absolutely recommended for cell culture! Read Review
Good Lightweight Pipette Controller

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BRANDTECH® Scientific

April 17, 2019
A good buy especially if you get a good quality piece that lasts long. Read Review
Good Bench-Top Centrifuge

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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

April 17, 2019
We have multiple bench-top centrifuges in the lab. This centrifuge is nice because the lid for the rotor is a very easy to secure and to ... Read Review
Ready-to-Use Pre-Diluted BSA Standard Solutions for Protein Assay

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 17, 2019
This kit is really worth the money since it can save you a lot of time and always generates accurate results. Read Review
Easy-to-Use CD25 Antibody from BioLegend

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BioLegend

April 17, 2019
In our lab we are studying the role of T cells in a mouse influenza infection model. We are interested in locating and studying activated T ... Read Review
Good Digital Repeater Pipette from Eppendorf

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Eppendorf

April 16, 2019
Good all-purpose repeater pipette with lots of options for tips. Read Review
Thymidine for Cell Cycle Synchronization

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MilliporeSigma

April 16, 2019
This is a high quality thymidine reagent that generates good results for cell cycle related experiments. Not toxic to the cells. Read Review
Easy-to-Use Microcentrifuge

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Eppendorf

April 16, 2019
The lab has multiple Eppendorf™ 5424 Microcentrifuges at room temperature and in our cold room. They are one the labs most used pieces... Read Review
Luciferase Assay Systems (E1483)

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Promega

April 16, 2019
Worked very well Read Review
High Precision Robust Thermal Cycler

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 16, 2019
Excellent equipment for standard PCR application Read Review
383-CD (CD14) Prevents LPS Binding to TLR4

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R&D Systems, a Bio-Techne Brand

April 16, 2019
The protein shows desired binding interactions and neutralizes TLR4 interactions with LPS. Read Review
Excellent Quantification In Vitro and In Vivo

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BosterBio

April 16, 2019
Good ELISA kit. Reliable vendor. Good continuity between different batches of ELISA kits. Will continue to buy from Boster Biological. Read Review
PI Staining Kit for Cell Cycle Analysis by Flow Cytometry

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

April 15, 2019
This product can make your cell cycle analysis much easier. Read Review
Excellent Reagent for Glycoprotein Purification

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April 15, 2019
This is very good. I will use this again. Read Review
Easy-to-Use Microplate Reader

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Molecular Devices

April 15, 2019
The lab uses this microplate reader on a daily basis. We have used it for many assays, including but not limited to: ELISA's, proliferation ... Read Review
Easy to Use, but We Didn't Get a Great Result

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R&D Systems, a Bio-Techne Brand

April 15, 2019
Protocol provided is straightforward. Be Careful of your loading. Read Review

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