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SNAGGING PEPTIDES: Bianca Loveless and Matt Pope from Terry Pearson’s lab discuss a an experiment using a Biacore instrument.Terry pearson

SPRead Your Antibody Capabilities

By Carina Storrs | May 1, 2012

Using surface plasmon resonance to improve antibody detection and characterization: four case studies

NO COLUMN REQUIRED: Exposing monoclonal antibodies to multivalent haptens produces high-molecular-weight complexes that can be easily processed by precipitation. Basar Bilgiçer (center), who developed the technique, gives a demonstration of its simplicity to graduate students Nathan Alves (left) and Michael Handlogten (right) in his lab at the University of Notre Dame.Wes Evard, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Pure Pursuits

By Katherine Bagley | May 1, 2012

Techniques for simpler, cheaper, and better antibody purification

Flickr, AJC1

Antibodies User Survey

By Christi Bird | May 1, 2012

Findings show researchers value quality over low price

A. Petrosiute, J. Myers, A. Huang

Eyes on Cancer

By Amber Dance | April 1, 2012

Techniques for watching tumors do their thing

PICK A COLOR: Each tube shows the fluorescence of a mixture of a specific RNA and a synthetic fluorophore whose structure is based on the fluorescent moiety of GFP. Samie Jaffrey and JEremy Paige, Cornell University

Live and In Color

By Sarah Webb | April 1, 2012

How to track RNA in living cells

Istockphoto, cosmin4000

Combing the Cancer Genome

By Carina Storrs | March 1, 2012

A guided tour through the main online resources for analyzing cancer genomics data

Evo fixed tips University of Chicago, Sam Bettis

Little Squirts

By Amy Maxmen | February 1, 2012

A road map to liquid-handling solutions on the market

The assay setup used by the J. Paul Robinson lab at Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories to screen compounds for mitochondrial toxicity. Purdue University, Mark Simons

No Mo’ Slow Flow

By Jeffrey M. Perkel | January 1, 2012

Tools and tricks for high-throughput flow cytometry

Philip Liu with a high-resolution MRI image demonstrating gene transcription in a mouse brain using RNA labeled with superpara­magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (dark areas indicate the presence of the RNA of interest). Laurie Lizotte/REMS Media Services

Brainspotting

By Amber Dance | December 1, 2011

New, minimally invasive techniques for seeing deep inside living brains

Integrated fluidic circuitsFluidigm Corporation

Prime Time for Digital PCR

By Kelly Rae Chi | December 1, 2011

A rundown of tools on the market and in development

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