biology Protocols

Category: DNA Protocols: PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction Protocols: Standard PCR Protocol

"CORE SAMPLE" PCR - A method to re-PCR unique bands from products of mixed size - Molecular Biology Techniques Manual - Rybicki - [Read "CORE SAMPLE" PCR - A method to re-PCR unique bands from products of mixed size]

Category: PCR Protocols: Standard PCR Protocol

"CORE SAMPLE" PCR - A method to re-PCR unique bands from products of mixed size - Molecular Biology Techniques Manual - Rybicki - [Read "CORE SAMPLE" PCR - A method to re-PCR unique bands from products of mixed size]

Category: Molecular Biology Protocols: Carbohydrate Protocols

Solvent partition protocol allows the isolation of gangliosides from small samples and from samples where ganglioside concentrations are low, especially relative to the concentration of potentially contaminating proteins and other large molecular weight species. Stephan Ladisch Director, Center for Cancer and Transplant Biology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. - [Read A Method for Micro-Scale Isolation and Purification of Gangliosides]

Category: Buffers Media, and Solutions

A-Z Chemical Preparations.Dr. William H. Heidcamp, Biology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College. - [Read A-Z Chemical Preparations.]

Category: PCR Protocols: AFLP PCR

Mannie Liscum and Paul Oeller. Department of Plant Biology. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford. AFLP technology is used here to generate DNA based markers for cloning genes involved in phototropic responses in higher plants that have only been i - [Read AFLP: not only for fingerprinting, but for positional cloning]

Category: Microbiology: Bacterial E.Coli Culture Media & Plates

LB Agar: Luria Broth, X-Gal preparation, IPTG and ampicillin. Petri dish preparation. Pat Heslop-Harrison and Trude Schwarzacher, Univ. Leicester - [Read Agar Plates for Selection of Clones in Bacteria]

Category: Microbiology: Antibiotics Concentration in Media LB

Working concentrations and stock solutions for antibiotics, preparation of stock solutions for Ampicillin, Kanamycin and others. Practical Molecular Biology - [Read Antibiotic solutions]

Category: Microbiology: Antibiotics Concentration in Media LB

Working concentrations and stock solutions and which antibiotics are light sensitive. Preparation of stock solutions and calculator tool to calculate concentrations for stock solutions. Practical Molecular Biology. - [Read Antibiotics. and Antibiotics Stock Calculator Tools]

Category: Cell Culture Protocols: Sterile Technique Protocols

Cultured mammalian cells are used extensively in cell biology studies; it requires a number of special skills in order to be able to preserve the structure, function, behavior and biology of the cells. This unit describes the basic skills required to maintain and preserve cell cultures: aseptic technique, medium characteristics, passaging, freezing and storage, recovering frozen stocks, and counting viable cells. - [Read Basic Techniques for Mammalian Cell Tissue Culture Protocol]

Category: Primary Cell Isolation and Culture Protocols: Mammalian Cell Culture Protocols

Cultured mammalian cells are used extensively in cell biology studies; it requires a number of special skills in order to be able to preserve the structure, function, behavior and biology of the cells. This unit describes the basic skills required to maintain and preserve cell cultures: aseptic technique, medium characteristics, passaging, freezing and storage, recovering frozen stocks, and counting viable cells. - [Read Basic Techniques for Mammalian Cell Tissue Culture Protocol]

Category: Animal Research Techniques

Guinea Pig Biology, Sources Ordering, Behavior, Basic Husbandry, Identification, Handling, Breeding, Restraint Devices, Sexing, Transport, Anesthesia, Euthanasia, Rodent Surgery, Blood Collection, Administration of Fluid. Univ. Iowa. Michael Parker. - [Read Biomethodology of the Guinea Pig]

Category: Animal Research Techniques

Mus mouse Biology, Sources Ordering, Behavior, Basic Husbandry, Identification, Handling, Breeding, Restraint Devices, Sexing, Transport, Anesthesia, Euthanasia, Rodent Surgery, Blood Collection, Administration of Fluid. Univ. Iowa. Michael Parker. - [Read Biomethodology of the Mouse]

Category: Animal Research Techniques

Rabbit Biology, Sources Ordering, Behavior, Basic Husbandry, Identification, Handling, Breeding, Restraint Devices, Sexing, Transport, Anesthesia, Euthanasia, Rodent Surgery, Blood Collection, Administration of Fluid. Univ. Iowa. Michael Parker. - [Read Biomethodology of the Rabbit]

Category: Animal Research Techniques

Rat Biology, Sources Ordering, Behavior, Basic Husbandry, Identification, Handling, Breeding, Restraint Devices, Sexing, Transport, Anesthesia, Euthanasia, Rodent Surgery, Blood Collection, Administration of Fluid. Univ. Iowa. Michael Parker. - [Read Biomethodology of the Rat]

Category: Buffers Media, and Solutions

Buffer calculator tool for commonly used buffer compound solutions. Making different volumes? use this! (Practical Molecular Biology) - [Read Buffer calculator tool]

Category: DNA Protocols: PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction Protocols: Standard PCR Protocol

Calculating Concentrations for PCR - Molecular Biology Techniques Manual - Rybicki - [Read Calculating Concentrations for PCR]

Category: PCR Protocols: Standard PCR Protocol

Calculating Concentrations for PCR - Molecular Biology Techniques Manual - Rybicki - [Read Calculating Concentrations for PCR]

Category: Cell Biology and Cell Culture

Cell Mass by Measurement of Turbidity. Cell Biology Laboratory Manual. Heidcamp - [Read Cell Mass by Measurement of Turbidity]

Category: General Research Protocols and Methods: Centrifuge Use and Centrifugation

Balancing Rotors, Tips on Centrifuging. Cautions for centrifuge usage. - [Read Centrifuge Article and Tips]

Category: Immunology: Chemotaxis

Chemotaxis Practical. Thierry Soldati. Department of Biological Sciences Animal and Plant Physiology. The assay in brief. Safety and Good Laboratory Practice: Working in a Cell Biology Laboratory. I-Chemotaxis Assay. Observation of Dictyostelium development stages. - [Read Chemotaxis Practical]

Category: Epigenetics and Methylation Protocols: ChIP Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Protocols

Chromatin immunoprecipitation protocol to analyze histone modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana. Werner Aufsatz, Matzke Lab. Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austria. Includes Chromatin Crosslinking, Chromatin preparation, Pre-clearing and immuno precipitation (IP), Collection,washes and elution of immune complexes, Reverse crosslinking and DNA cleanup - [Read Chromatin immunoprecipitation protocol to analyze histone modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana]

Category: PCR Protocols: Colony PCR

Identification of Bacterial Colonies using PCR. Colony PCR Method and Technique. Maddock Lab, The University of Michigan. - [Read Colony PCR]

Category: Buffers Media, and Solutions

Salmon Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department, of Biology. - [Read Common Buffer List]

Category: Protein Protocols: Protein Quantitation Concentration Protocols

A Comparision of Different Protein Determination Methods and protocols in table format. The Wolfson Centre for Applied Structural Biology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Mario Lebendiker. - [Read Comparison Different Protein Quantitation Determination Methods]

Category: Cell Biology and Cell Culture: Cell Viability Protocols

Cell-based assays are important tools for contemporary biology and drug discovery because of their predictive potential for in vivo applications.This assay gives ratiometric, inversely proportional values of viability and cytotoxicity (Figure 4.15) that are useful for normalizing data to cell number. Also, this reagent is compatible with additional fluorescent and luminescent chemistries. - [Read Determining Number of Live and Dead Cells in Cell Population: Cytotoxicity Assay Protocol]