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Map of Human Lineage Biomarkers for Different Immune Cell Types

How can we easily identify biomarkers for different immune cell types? Refer to this color-coded poster for quick and simple identification of human lineage biomarkers.
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Design for Learning: Developing Curricula for Instructional Lab Kits

How are educational curricula developed? Who sets the standards? How do companies that develop science education kits keep up with this and design their kits around the curricula? Find out in this article.
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List of Mouse Lineage Biomarkers for Different Immune Cell Types

How can we easily identify biomarkers for different immune cell types? This color-coded poster makes identification of mouse lineage biomarkers easy.
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Chromatography: Everything You Need to Know about Your Peaks

What can chromatography peaks tell us? From the quality of column packing to the purity of separated proteins, a lot can be gleaned from the peaks. Here are some definitions that can help decipher what chromatography peaks can tell us.
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Top Stories of 2015 — Bioradiations Year in Review

In 2015, we published an extensive array of tips, protocols, videos, articles of general interest, customer testimonials, and technical and application notes on bioradiations.com. Here is a list of the most popular 2015 stories.
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So, How Can the Sso7d Fusion Polymerase Technology Help Your PCR?

During a PCR reaction, it is imperative for the DNA polymerase to remain attached to the template while extending the new strand. This association is jeopardized under challenging PCR conditions and when amplifying longer DNA fragments. See how Sso7d, a small protein capable of binding with the polymerase, helps in stabilizing this association and increasing PCR efficiency.
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Flow Cytometry: Basic Definitions

It’s always good to get the basics straight. Here, we’ve defined some flow cytometry terms that might have eluded you.
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Bio-Rad’s PrimePCR™ Assays and Panels Eliminate Multiple Steps from Your qPCR Workflow

A qPCR workflow involves multiple steps, each of which adds to the time and cost of the entire experiment. The PrimePCR™ Assays and Panels from Bio-Rad eliminate a number of these steps with their predesigned primers and probes and help with the assay design. See what steps they eliminate and how that would help expedite your qPCR experiment.
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In Pursuit of (Ig) Nobility: The Ig Nobel Prize

What is so noble about receiving an award? What if it is an Ig Nobel award? This article reviews what Ig Nobel awards are, how they are determined, and discusses some research topics that were awarded the Ig Nobel awards this year.
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10 Tips and Tricks for Designing Multicolor Flow Cytometry Panels

Multiplexing an assay comes with its own complications in addition to the benefits it affords. Designing multicolor panels for flow cytometry analysis entails several considerations for a successful outcome. Here is a list of tips that can help you succeed in setting up and running a multicolor flow cytometry panel.
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