What Percentage Agarose Is Required For Electrophoresis?
In this article, I will explain how an agarose gel works to separate nucleic acids during electrophoresis. Also, I will discuss how to select...
Random Primers Or Oligo(dT) Primers For cDNA Synthesis?
Having extracted and assessed the total RNA from your samples, you now have the task of creating the first strand complementary DNA (cDNA). Sounds...
Reasons Why Your PCR Reaction Does Not Work
We have all been there. You have been performing PCRs perfectly for weeks/months on end but now, for some bizarre reason, you see …...
What Is A Cycle Threshold (Ct) Value In qPCR?
In this article, I will explain what is meant by a Ct value in quantification (real-time) PCR (qPCR). I will also discuss the difference...
The Hardy-Weinberg Equations And How To Use Them
What is the Hardy-Weinberg principle?
The Hardy-Weinberg principle, also referred to as the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, is a set of 5 assumptions which when satisfied can...
How Does Bisulfite Pyrosequencing Work?
What is bisulfite pyrosequencing?
Bisulfite, also referred to as bisulphite, pyrosequencing is a technique used to quantify DNA methylation levels on DNA at a single-base...
What Is The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?
What is the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?
PCR is a molecular technique frequently applied to amplify regions of interest in DNA, resulting in millions or...
How To Perform The Pfaffl Method For qPCR
What is the Pfaffl method?
The Pfaffl method, named after it's curator Michael Pfaffl, is used to calculate relative gene expression data while accounting for...
How To Make 0.5M EDTA pH 8.0
About EDTA solution
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) solution, at 0.5 M pH 8.0, is a commonly used solution utilised as a ligand and chelating agent. EDTA...
How To Analyse ChIP qPCR Data
There are a few ways in which you can analyse chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) data acquired from quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Two of...