by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Histology Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists use histology […]
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Fluorescence
(noun. /floor-ESS-uns/) By Rami Major What does it mean? Light travels in waves. The length of these waves (also called […]
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TUNEL Staining
by Megan (Frederick) Amason Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 Technique name: TUNEL Staining (TUNEL = terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP […]
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FISH
by Nicole Gadda Technique Name: Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Fun rating: 4/5 Personally, I love anything that is fluorescent […]
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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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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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A Portrait of a Protein
By Anna Wheless “What was the most important scientific discovery ever made?” The answers to this question range from the […]
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Seeing the Unseeable
By Mike Pablo Today I’m writing about microscopy. One of the great pleasures of the field of microscopy is being […]
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