western blotting

Even though antibodies are central to basic research as well as drug development and diagnostics, concerns with antibody validation remain high, and finding an antibody that works well for a specific application can be quite a challenge. Use these tips to select the best antibodies for your application.

Introducing data normalization into your western blotting workflow may sound unnecessary but it has proven to be a great way to ensure great results. Follow along as we break down some of the main takeaways from the first chapter in Dr. Oh’s popular wester blotting webinar series, including a unique method to ease normalization woes and worries.

Presented by: Kenneth J. Oh, PhD, Applications, Collaborations, and New Technology Manager, Protein Quantitation Marketing Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Western blotting is a popular tool for protein quantitation, and the advent of digital imaging has greatly increased the sensitivity, dynamic range, and quantitation limits of this technique. In the second webinar in this series, get step-to-step instructions for normalizing western blot data using Image Lab 6.0 Software.

Presented by: Kenneth J. Oh, PhD, Applications, Collaborations, and New Technology Manager, Protein Quantitation Marketing Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Western blotting continues to be a ubiquitous tool for the identification and quantitation of protein(s) of interest. The first webinar in this series will focus on common normalization techniques for quantitative western blotting and discuss important considerations when using these techniques.

What is stain-free technology? How does it work in electrophoresis and western blotting? How does it compare with existing staining techniques? What are its advantages and possible concerns? Here is a technical review of this rapidly growing technological advance.

For a long time X-ray film has been the standard for imaging western blots, but this method has its limitations. Find out how 3 researchers are using the digital tools offered by the new ChemiDoc Touch Imaging System to beat these limitations and improve their blot images.

Take a quick look at Bio-Rad’s brighter Precision Plus Protein™ Dual Color Standard with this article comparing this standard to other available protein markers. Plus, find out why the ability to visualize a protein standard after reprobing matters to one researcher!

Dr. Robyn Murphy of Latrobe University introduces a protocol using Bio-Rad’s stain-free gel technology to conduct western blotting on sample sizes as small as single muscle cells. Dr. Murphy shows how this reliable western blotting method can be a valuable research tool. Learn more about stain-free technology.  

Prof. Aldrin Gomes of UC Davis shares western blot problems he has seen as a journal editor and outlines standardized procedures and controls needed to make western blotting data reliable. The presentation also includes tips to save time and labor during the blotting procedure.

Twenty years after the discovery of the link between BRCA gene mutations and breast cancer, researcher Ryan Jensen of the Yale Medical School is looking into the interactions between the DNA repair protein RAD51 and BRCA proteins using Bio-Rad’s V3 Western Workflow.