Posts Tagged ‘video’

Bio-Rad Tutorial:Troubleshooting Electroporation

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 12-21-2009

Bio-Rad Laboratories has been at the forefront of gene transfer technology for decades. The Bio-Rad Gene Pulser is synonymous with electroporation and there are hundreds (thousands?) of publications that give credit to this formidable machine. In spite of its longevity, the Bio-Rad Gene Pulser X-cell continues to be a favorite tool of cell biologists worldwide. Click here to view a flash presentation describing the system and what it does including how to set up and troubleshoot electroporation experiments.

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Lucid Proteomics System

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 12-07-2009

Once upon a Proteomics Study… enjoy this fanciful look at how combining top-down and bottom-up proteomics will change biomarker research forever.

Bio-Rad Tutorial: How to avoid streaking in 2D Gels

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 11-30-2009

2D Gel Electrophoresis has become an important technique for identifying proteins and evaluating their expression levels and functionality in proteomics experiments. Due to the complex nature of working with an alphabet soup of proteins, there are many factors that need to be considered when performing this technique. It is critical to pay attention to your sample preparation if you wish to obtain good results. In the latest Bio-Rad Tutorial, you will learn how to effectivley prepare samples for 2DGE and how to optimize your focusing conditions to avoid dreaded gel streaks.

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US Naval Academy’s Show of Cardiovascular Superiority

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 11-18-2009

For all of you studying cardiovascular and vascular biology, this video is for you! (Please bear with the commercial at the beginning…it’s definitely worth the wait)

Real-Time Quantitative PCR Data Analysis Tutorial

 :: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 11-12-2009

Bio-Rad Laboratories has put together a great tutorial on QPCR analysis including a thorough review of what the graphs mean and an overview of Absolute and Relative methods of quantification. The tutorial also includes a great explanation of the differences between Livak, delta CT and the Pfaffl methods of analyzing your results.

Watch part II: normalization against a reference gene