diagnostics Protocols

Category: Radioactivity: Liquid Scintillation Counting

Excellent guide for Liquid Scintillation Counting. Includes protocols and methods for counting gel slices, SPECIAL SAMPLE PREPARATION PROTOCOLS: TLC Plates, protocol for Counting Samples on Cellulose-ester, Filters (MilliporeTM filters), Counting Tissue radioacitivity, Counting 14CO2, Samples in Polyacrylamide Gels. National Diagnostics. National Diagnostics Laboratory Staff. - [Read Principles and Applications of Liquid Scintillation Counting PDF]

Category: Transfection Protocols: Calcium Phosphate Transfection Protocols

This protocol describes two transfection methods for expressing GFP-tagged actin in primary neurons. The lipid reagent DOTAP (Roche Diagnostics) method produces actin-GFP-expressing hippocampal neurons that survive well during long periods in culture. The calcium phosphate method can be used to transfect neurons that have already been growing on coverslips in vitro. Transfected cells suitable for imaging can be obtained in cultures up to 15 days in vitro. - [Read Transfecting Cultured Hippocampal Neurons with an Actin-GFP Plasmid]

Category: Neuroscience Protocols: Neuronal Cell Culture Protocols

Protocol describes two transfection methods for expressing GFP-tagged actin in primary neurons.  The lipid reagent DOTAP (Roche Diagnostics) method produces actin-GFP-expressing hippocampal neurons that survive well during long periods in culture. - [Read Transfecting Cultured Hippocampal Neurons with an Actin-GFP Plasmid Protocol]