Protein Families
Caveolin is an important signalling molecule because it interacts with many other proteins and makes cell signaling more efficient. My...
Searching for Proteins: Staining Cells
Another method for looking at protein expression is to stain cells for the specific protein. The following procedure goes over how cells...
Searching for Proteins: Western Blots
My lab is interested in a specific protein called Caveolin and as a result there are a variety of techniques they use to quantify protein...
Second Is the Best (or so the annoying child rhyme says)
After the disaster with the first run, I decided to talk about the experiment protocol with my PI. We made some pretty big changes that...
Cell Swelling Assay: My first experiment
I admit that I haven't blogged a whole lot about my summer experience at the Patel lab, but that doesn't mean I didn't learn enough. In...
