Common mistakes when pipetting and how to avoid them
Pipettes are essential instruments for accurately measuring and dispensing reagents. But that precision is of little use if the measurements are not made exactly. Certain common mistakes when pipetting can directly affect that accuracy and hamper the reproducibility...
Types of immunoassays
Immunoassays are a set of biochemical techniques that are used to detect or quantify a certain molecule through an immunological reaction. The main basis shared by all immunoassays is that they are based on antigen-antibody avidity. Apart from serving for the...
Dna precipitation with ethanol vs. isopropanol
DNA precipitation with ethanol or isopropanol is a technique frequently used in the laboratory to concentrate and desalinate nucleic acid preparations in aqueous solution. In this post we will summarize the differences in DNA precipitation with ethanol and isopropanol...
5 methods to quantify proteins
The precise quantification of the proteins in a sample is essential for their study in an infinite number of research fields. While the quantification of a specific protein can be carried out using assays such as Western Blot or ELISA, by mass spectrometry (MS) or by...
