Is Your Bacterial Culture Still Growing? A Primer on OD600 Measurements
How do you know when your bacterial culture is “done” growing? Read on to learn how to monitor bacterial growth using OD600 measurements, and how to figure out when you should harvest your culture.
By Adrienne Huntress
Crystallize Your Protein–DNA Complex by Optimizing These Key Parameters
Looking to engineer a crystal? Here are some key parameters to optimize to give you the maximum chance of success at crystallizing protein DNA–complexes.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Part II: How to Gracefully Exit a Graduate School Program
Deciding to quit graduate school is a tough decision. But people have gone before you (and survived): get their advice on how to exit gracefully here.
Getting started with Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemistry isn’t just a useful clinical tool, it also has great applications as a basic research tool. We’ll walk you through the immunohistochemistry basics to get you off to a flying start.
That Other Number – The Meaning Of Numerical Aperture In Microscopy
Do you know what that NA number is on your objective? We walk you through what the numerical aperture is and why it’s important.
An Objective View: What do These Abbreviations Mean on Microscope Objectives?
There are a large number of microscope objective abbreviations relating to optical aberrations; here we’ll shed some light on some of the most common ones to get you up to speed in no time!
Improving the Expression of Insoluble and Inactive Proteins Using Osmotic Shock
Discover a better way to improve the expression of your insoluble and inactive proteins using osmotic shock.
Do you know what that NA number is on your objective? We walk you through what the numerical aperture is and why it’s important.
