John Mackay

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John Mackay
John is interested in using molecular diagnostics to solve industry issues – working on samples as diverse as wine, truffles, grapevine and human. He also consults on PCR and real-time PCR assay development as technical director for the company dnature.

Articles by John Mackay

Let’s Get Melting

Let’s Get Melting

What is HRM Analysis? It is now more than a decade since the introduction of melting analysis to characterize PCR products. Melting analysis following SYBR green-based real-time PCR has become a mainstay in research laboratories worldwide for applications such as gene expression because of it’s ease of design and cost-effectiveness (i.e. no need for expensive labeled probes)….

How To Get a Perfect Pellet After DNA/RNA Precipitation

If you’re performing DNA/RNA precipitations, you will have read Suzanne’s excellent article on which alcohol to use for precipitating your precious samples (check out some useful info in the comments for that article as well). Its publication prompted the recall of a useful tip I learned from a post-doc many years ago,  one of those…