By Whitney Bell Fun rating: 2/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 4/5 petri dishes depending on the day. Mammalian cell culturing can […]
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Gram Staining
By Mohamed Nasr Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 1/5 What is the general purpose? Gram staining is used to differentiate between […]
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Western Blot
By Riya Gohil Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Western Blots utilize gel electrophoresis to separate protein […]
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The Morris Water Maze
By Sean Gay Fun rating: 4/5 The actual experiment is easy to perform and generates loads of data. Difficulty rating: […]
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MIC Broth Dilution
By Jenna Beam This article will focus on broth dilution tests, however other tests (like the E-test) are also used to […]
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Immunofluorescence
By Natalie Nielsen Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? To visually label and detect proteins […]
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ELISA
By Devina Thiono Technique name: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 (high focus and concentration needed […]
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Radioactive Tracing in Metabolic Research
By Alec Chaves Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 As the name suggests, this technique requires the scientist to handle radioactive […]
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Gel Electrophoresis
Welcome to our first installment of “Techniques”! With these posts about methods and tools, we hope to give you a […]
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