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= Index of Protocols =
= Index of Protocols =
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==== DNA/Cloning ====
==== DNA/Cloning ====


*[[Agarose Gels]]
*[[Colony PCR]]
*[[Colony PCR]]
*[[Gibson Assembly]]
*[[Ligation]]
*[[PCR]]
*[[PCR]]
*[[Digests]]
*[[Restriction Digest]]
*[[Ligation]]
*[[Gibson Assembly]]
*[[Quick 'n' Easy Competent E. coli|Quick 'n' Easy Competent ''E. coli'' (Dh5a)]]
*[[Competent e coli|Generating Competent ''E. coli'' (TFB, BL21 & ZYCY10P3S2T)]]
*[[E. coli Transduction|Transducing ''E. coli'']]
*[[Transformation]]
*[[Neon® Transfection System]]
*[[Generating Minicircles]]
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==== Microscopy ====
|'''Transfections and Transductions'''
*[[Competition of Charged Molecules with Lipophilic Cations]]
* [[J774 Cell Transfection]]
*[[Immunostaining|Fluorescent Immunostaining]]
* [[Raw Cell Transfection]]
*[[Inhibition of Focal Contact Signaling]]
* [[THP1 Culture and Differentiation]]
*[[Single Particle Tracking]]
* [[Neon® Transfection System]]
*[[Staining for GSD]]
* [[Titering Pseudo-typed Lentiviruses]]
*[[Reducing Photobleaching]]
*[[Transduction of THP-1s]]
*[[Acid Washing Coverslips]]
*[[Nucleofector]]
*[[Live Cell FRET]]
*[[3D Printed PDMS Chambers]]
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==== General Protocols ====
==== General Protocols ====
*[[Antibiotics]]
*[[Antibiotic Plates]]
*[[Bacterial Growth Media]]
*[[Cell Culture Guidelines]]
*[[Common buffers|Common Buffers]]
*[[Common buffers|Common Buffers]]
*[[Cell Culture Guidelines]]
*[[Bacterial Growth Media]]
*[[Primary Macrophage Culture]]
*[[Freezing and Thawing Cells]]
*[[Freezing and Thawing Cells]]
*[[Raw Cell Transfection]]
*[[J774 Cell Transfection]]
*[[Antibiotics]]
*[[Antibiotic Plates]]
*[[Agarose Gels]]
*[[Water Bath Antibiotic Solution]]
*[[Water Bath Antibiotic Solution]]
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==== Protein work ====
==== Cell Biology ====
*[[Western Blotting]]
*[[Ablation of Recycling Endosomes]]
*[[Immunoprecipitation]]
*[[Apoptosis Detection with AnnexinV and PI]]
*[[Fab preparation]]
*[[Cell-Type Specific Transfection Protocols]]
*[[Fab Purification by FPLC|Fab purification using FPLC]]
*[[G418 & Puromycin Kill Curves|G418 & Puromycin Kill Curves]]
*[[Updated FPLC Size Exclusion Procedure]]
*[[Primary Human Macrophages]]
*[[Coomassie Staining]]
*[[Primary Macrophage Culture|Primary Murine Macrophages]]
*[[Receptor Cross-linking and Activation|Receptor activation by Cross-Linking]]
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*[[Stripping & Reprobing Blots|Stripping & Reprobing Blots]]
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==== Lipids ====
==== Lipids ====
*[[Asymmetric liposomes]]
*[[Asymmetric liposomes]]
*[[Lipid Coated Bead Preparation]]
*[[Lipid Extraction from Cells]]
*[[Lipid Extraction from Cells]]
'''Bead Preparation'''
*[[Lipisome and Lipid-Coated Beads]]
*[[Lipisome and Lipid-Coated Beads]]
*[[Lipid Coated Bead Preparation]]
*[[Opsonization]]
*[[Preparation of Silica-Magnetic Beads]]
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|'''Bacteria Work'''
 
*[[Competent e coli|Generating Competent ''E. coli'' (TFB, BL21 & ZYCY10P3S2T)]]
*[[Generating Minicircles]]
*[[Inside-out Labelling of Bacteria]]
*[[Labelled E coli]]
*[[Preparation of Digestion-Tracking Bacteria]]
*[[Quick 'n' Easy Competent E. coli|Quick 'n' Easy Competent ''E. coli'' (Dh5a)]]
*[[E. coli Transduction|Transducing ''E. coli'']]
*[[Transformation]]
 
==== Phagocytosis Protocols ====
==== Phagocytosis Protocols ====


*[[Opsonization]]
*[[Gentamicin Protection Assay]]
*[[Preparation of Silica-Magnetic Beads]]
*[[Phagosome Isolation]]
*[[Synchronised Phagocytosis]]
*[[Synchronised Phagocytosis]]
*[[Phagosome Isolation]]
*[[Primary Human Macrophages]]
*[[Labelled E coli]]
*[[Inside-out Labelling of Bacteria]]
*[[Gentamicin Protection Assay]]
*[[Preparation of Digestion-Tracking Bacteria]]
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==== Cell Biology ====
==== Protein Work ====
*[[Ablation of Recycling Endosomes]]
*[[Bradford Assay]]
*[[Cell-Type Specific Transfection Protocols]]
*[[Coomassie Staining]]
*[[G418 & Puromycin Kill Curves|G418 & Puromycin Kill Curves]]
*[[Fab preparation]]
*[[Apoptosis Detection with AnnexinV and PI]]
*[[Fab Purification by FPLC|Fab purification using FPLC]]
*[[Immunoprecipitation]]
*[[Nitrogen Cavitation]]
*[[Receptor Cross-linking and Activation|Receptor activation by Cross-Linking]]
*[[Stripping & Reprobing Blots|Stripping & Reprobing Blots]]
*[[Updated FPLC Size Exclusion Procedure]]
*[[Western Blotting]]
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|'''Microscopy'''
*[[3D Printed PDMS Chambers]]
*[[Acid Washing Coverslips]]
*[[Competition of Charged Molecules with Lipophilic Cations]]
*[[Immunostaining|Fluorescent Immunostaining]]
*[[FRET in FIJI]]
*[[Inhibition of Focal Contact Signaling]]
*[[Immuno-FISH]]
*[[Live Cell FRET]] [[Nucleofector|(depreciated)]]
*[[Reducing Photobleaching]]
*[[Single Particle Tracking]]
*[[Staining for GSD]]
*[[Traction Force Microscopy]]
*[[3D Printed Microscopy Chambers]]


*[[Micropatterning Proteins]]
*[[Frustrated Phagocytosis]]
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= Links to More Protocols =
= Links to More Protocols=
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==== General Protocol Sites ====
====General Protocol Sites====
*[http://www.benchfly.com/ BenchFly] - Free Video Protocols  
*[http://www.benchfly.com/ BenchFly] - Free Video Protocols
*[http://www.protocol-online.org/ Protocols Online] - large database of biology protocols  
*[http://www.protocol-online.org/ Protocols Online] - large database of biology protocols
*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page Open Wet Ware] - large database of open protocols  
*[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page Open Wet Ware] - large database of open protocols
*[http://www.molecularstation.com/protocol-links/ Molecular Station] - links to many lab-generated protocols  
*[http://www.molecularstation.com/protocol-links/ Molecular Station] - links to many lab-generated protocols
*[http://www.thelabrat.com/protocols/ TheLabRat] - various protocols & lab resourses.  
*[http://www.thelabrat.com/protocols/ TheLabRat] - various protocols & lab resourses.
*[http://www.thelabrat.com/protocols/reagents.shtml Common Buffer Recipes] @ TheLabRat  
*[http://www.thelabrat.com/protocols/reagents.shtml Common Buffer Recipes] @ TheLabRat
*[http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/lc/Chips_and_Tips/index.asp Chips & Tips] - Microfluidics protocols  
*[http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/lc/Chips_and_Tips/index.asp Chips & Tips] - Microfluidics protocols
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==== Free Science Ebooks ====
====Free Science Ebooks====
*[https://www.gitbook.com/book/petebankhead/imagej-intro/details Analyzing fluorescence microscopy images with ImageJ]
*[https://www.gitbook.com/book/petebankhead/imagej-intro/details Analyzing fluorescence microscopy images with ImageJ]
*[http://www.imaging-git.com/applications/bioimage-data-analysis-0 Bioimage Data Analysis] - Free registration required
*[http://www.imaging-git.com/applications/bioimage-data-analysis-0 Bioimage Data Analysis] - Free registration required
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= Useful Links =
=Useful Links=
 
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====Molecular Biology Databases====
===== Molecular Biology Databases =====
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene Pubmed Gene] - Find gene information
 
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/rsg/ Pubmed RefSeq] - Find reference sequences
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene Pubmed Gene] - Find gene information<br>
*[http://www.uniprot.org/ Uniprot] - Find protein sequence &amp; structure
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/refseq/rsg/ Pubmed RefSeq] - Find reference sequences<br>
*[http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ HapMap] - Find human polymophisms
*[http://www.uniprot.org/ Uniprot] - Find protein sequence &amp; structure<br>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim OMIM] - Find human gene-assocations
*[http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ HapMap] - Find human polymophisms<br>
*[http://www.pantherdb.org/ PANTHER] - Automated Protein Function Classification
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim OMIM] - Find human gene-assocations<br>
*[http://useast.ensembl.org/index.html BioGrid] - Protein Interactions
*[http://www.pantherdb.org/ PANTHER] - Automated Protein Function Classification  
*[http://useast.ensembl.org/index.html Ensemble Genome] - Browse multiple genomes
*[http://useast.ensembl.org/index.html BioGrid] - Protein Interactions<br>
*[http://www.proteinatlas.org/ Human Protein Atlas] - Info onn gene exrpession, antibody's, etc
*[http://useast.ensembl.org/index.html Ensemble Genome] - Browse multiple genomes<br>
*[http://www.genecards.org/index.shtml Gene Cards] - Condenced information on genes
*[http://www.proteinatlas.org/ Human Protein Atlas] - Info onn gene exrpession, antibody's, etc<br>
*[http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/ iHOP] - Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins
*[http://www.genecards.org/index.shtml Gene Cards] - Condenced information on genes<br>
*[http://www.hprd.org/index_html Human Protein Reference Database]
*[http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/ iHOP] - Information Hyperlinked Over Proteins<br>
*[http://www.wwpdb.org/ PDB] - Protein Structures
*[http://www.hprd.org/index_html Human Protein Reference Database]<br>
*[http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/ PolyPhen2] - SNP Phenotype Predictor
*[http://www.wwpdb.org/ PDB] - Protein Structures<br>
*[http://sift.jcvi.org/ SIFT] - SNP Phenotype Predictor/db
*[http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/ PolyPhen2] - SNP Phenotype Predictor  
*[http://www.timetree.org/index.php TimeTree] - evolutionary divergence database
*[http://sift.jcvi.org/ SIFT] - SNP Phenotype Predictor/db  
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*[http://www.timetree.org/index.php TimeTree] - evolutionary divergence database<br>  
==== Molecular Biology Tools====
 
*[http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi NCBI Blast]
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*[http://ca.expasy.org/ ExPASy Tools]
 
*[http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/biotools/oligocalc.html OligoCalc] - PCR primer Tm calculator
===== Journal Resources<br> =====
*[http://tools.neb.com/NEBcutter2/index.php NEB Cutter]
 
*[http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/tech_reference/restriction_enzymes/isoschizomers.asp NEB Isoschizomers]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed]  
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/seq-util/Options/revcomp.html Reverse-Complement DNA Sequence]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ Pubmed Central (USA)]  
*[http://www.insilico.uni-duesseldorf.de/Lig_Input.html Ligation Calculator]
*[http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/ Pubmed Central (Canada)]  
*[http://www.addgene.org/ AddGene] - clone by e-mail!
*[http://scholar.google.com Google Scholar]  
*[http://npsa-pbil.ibcp.fr/cgi-bin/npsa_automat.pl?page=npsa_pattinprot.html PattenProt] - search genomes for protein patterns
*[http://eigenfactor.org/ Eigenfactor] - free journal imapct scores  
*[http://workbench.sdsc.edu/ Biology Workbench]
 
*[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/sequence.html EMBL Sequence Tools]
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gorf/ NCBI ORF Finder]
 
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/ BCM Search Launcher]
===== Genomics Resources<br> =====
*[http://swissmodel.expasy.org/ SWISS Model protein modeling]
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/seq-search/struc-predict.html Secondary Structure Prediction]
*[http://www.predictprotein.org/ PredictProtein] - Protein structure prediction
*[http://3d-alignment.eu/ STRAP] - Protein aligments with structure
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=====Microscopy Tools=====
*[http://fbs.robarts.ca/ London Regional Microscopy Facility Bookings]
*[http://www.microscopyu.com/ Microscopy U] - Everything you want to know about microscopes
*[http://jcb.rupress.org/content/166/1/11.full Paper on Image Processing Standards] - How not to loose your job
*[http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/support/Research-Tools/Fluorescence-SpectraViewer.html Fluorophore Spectra Viewer] at Life Technology
*[http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/ipc/fret/ Fluorescent Spectra Database] - FRET and other
*[http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/IPC/spectra_page.htm Yet More Spectra] - from Arizona University
*[http://www.confocal-microscopy.org/ www.confocal-microscopy.org] - Data on LSM methods and equipment
*[http://fiji.sc/wiki/index.php/Fiji FIJI] - <u>FREE</u> imageJ based image processing program
*[http://www.dspguide.com/pdfbook.htm Free] image processing textbook
*[http://www.archive.org/details/Lectures_on_Image_Processing Lectures on image processing]
*[http://vaa3d.org/ VAA3D] FREE viewer for large 3/4/5D datasets
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====Journal Resources====
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ Pubmed]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ Pubmed Central (USA)]
*[http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/ Pubmed Central (Canada)]
*[http://scholar.google.com Google Scholar]
*[http://eigenfactor.org/ Eigenfactor] - free journal imapct scores
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====''In Vivo'' Tools====
*[http://www.emouseatlas.org/emap/home.html EMAP] - Virtual mouse anatomy
*[http://phenome.jax.org/ Mouse phenome database] - mouse phenotypes<br>
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====Protease Tools====
*[http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/ MEROPS] - Peptidase database
*[http://www.proteolysis.org/proteases PMAP] - Proteolysis Map
*[http://casbase.org/casvm/index.html CASVM] - Caspace substrate prediction
*[http://bioinf.gen.tcd.ie/casbah/ CASBAH] - Caspase cleaveage site database
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====Genomics Resources====
*[http://www.gwascentral.org GWAS Central]
*[http://www.gwascentral.org GWAS Central]
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====Chemical Tools====


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*[http://www.chemspider.com/ ChemSpider] - General chemistry database
===== Molecular Biology Tools =====
*[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ PubChem] - Chemical structure database
 
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*[http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi NCBI Blast]
====Lipid Tools====
*[http://ca.expasy.org/ ExPASy Tools]<br>
*[http://www.lipidmaps.org/ Lipid Maps] - Lipidomics gateway at ''Nature''
*[http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/biotools/oligocalc.html OligoCalc] - PCR primer Tm calculator<br>
*[http://www.avantilipids.com/ Avanti Lipids] - Buy lipids
*[http://tools.neb.com/NEBcutter2/index.php NEB Cutter]<br>
*[http://www.neb.com/nebecomm/tech_reference/restriction_enzymes/isoschizomers.asp NEB Isoschizomers]<br>
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/seq-util/Options/revcomp.html Reverse-Complement DNA Sequence]<br>
*[http://www.insilico.uni-duesseldorf.de/Lig_Input.html Ligation Calculator]
*[http://www.addgene.org/ AddGene] - clone by e-mail!
*[http://npsa-pbil.ibcp.fr/cgi-bin/npsa_automat.pl?page=npsa_pattinprot.html PattenProt] - search genomes for protein patterns
*[http://workbench.sdsc.edu/ Biology Workbench]<br>
*[http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/sequence.html EMBL Sequence Tools]<br>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/gorf/ NCBI ORF Finder]<br>
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/ BCM Search Launcher]<br>
*[http://swissmodel.expasy.org/ SWISS Model protein modeling]<br>
*[http://searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/seq-search/struc-predict.html Secondary Structure Prediction]<br>
*[http://www.predictprotein.org/ PredictProtein] - Protein structure prediction<br>
*[http://3d-alignment.eu/ STRAP] - Protein aligments with structure<br>
 
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===== ''In Vivo'' Tools<br> =====
 
*[http://www.emouseatlas.org/emap/home.html EMAP] - Virtual mouse anatomy<br>
*[http://phenome.jax.org/ Mouse phenome database] - mouse phenotypes<br>
 
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===== Microscopy Tools =====
 
*[http://www.microscopyu.com/ Microscopy U] - Everything you want to know about microscopes<br>
*[http://jcb.rupress.org/content/166/1/11.full Paper on Image Processing Standards] - How not to loose your job
*[http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/support/Research-Tools/Fluorescence-SpectraViewer.html Fluorophore Spectra Viewer] at Life Technology<br>
*[http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/ipc/fret/ Fluorescent Spectra Database] - FRET and other
*[http://www.mcb.arizona.edu/IPC/spectra_page.htm Yet More Spectra] - from Arizona University
*[http://www.confocal-microscopy.org/ www.confocal-microscopy.org] - Data on LSM methods and equipment<br>
*[http://fiji.sc/wiki/index.php/Fiji FIJI] - <u>FREE</u> imageJ based image processing program
*[http://www.dspguide.com/pdfbook.htm Free] image processing textbook
*[http://www.archive.org/details/Lectures_on_Image_Processing Lectures on image processing]<br>
*[http://vaa3d.org/ VAA3D] FREE viewer for large 3/4/5D datasets
 
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===== Protease Tools =====
 
*[http://merops.sanger.ac.uk/ MEROPS] - Peptidase database
*[http://www.proteolysis.org/proteases PMAP] - Proteolysis Map
*[http://casbase.org/casvm/index.html CASVM] - Caspace substrate prediction
*[http://bioinf.gen.tcd.ie/casbah/ CASBAH] - Caspase cleaveage site database
 
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===== Lipid Tools =====
 
*[http://www.lipidmaps.org/ Lipid Maps] - Lipidomics gateway at ''Nature''  
*[http://www.avantilipids.com/ Avanti Lipids] - Buy lipids  
 
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===== Chemical Tools =====
 
*[http://www.chemspider.com/ ChemSpider] - General chemistry database
*[http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ PubChem] - Chemical structure database
 
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 17 January 2025

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Links to More Protocols

General Protocol Sites

Free Science Ebooks

Useful Links

Molecular Biology Databases

Molecular Biology Tools
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Journal Resources

In Vivo Tools

Protease Tools

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  • CASVM - Caspace substrate prediction
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Genomics Resources

Chemical Tools

Lipid Tools

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