Jennifer Dix

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Why does Arcanobacterium haemolyticum grow better on sheep blood agar than horse blood agar?

I know it grows best on human blood but this is not usually available. Horse and sheep blood are often used in blood agar solutions, but what is it about the blood that makes one preferable to the...

11 November 2013 7,746 1 View

What else is in antibody stocks that they don't advertise?

I recently purchased antibodies for use in Western Blots, and when I found non-specific binding, my tutor suggested that there may be heat-shock proteins present in the antibody stocks I had...

04 April 2013 8,987 2 View

Sensitivity of Western Blots?

I have a protein lysate that contains around 2500μg/ml of various proteins, however my target protein is only available in much smaller quantities within this. A western blot coloured with...

04 April 2013 2,679 6 View

Using a serum as a Western Blot probe

I am using western blot probing to detect the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in mouse sera samples. I am currently designing a negative control but am not sure how to use the...

02 February 2013 4,984 11 View