If You Don’t Define the Project, the Project Will Define You One of the first and toughest questions researchers must answer to foster success in the lab is: What do I have to accomplish? This requires you to understand your purpose to the
Do Your Experiments Require Total RNA or mRNA? One of the first decisions that the researcher has to make when detecting or quantitating RNA is whether to isolate total RNA or poly(A)-selected RNA (also commonly referred to as mRNA). This choice is further complicated by the bewildering array of RNA isolation kits available in the marketplace. In addition the downstream application influences this choice. The following
What Do You Know about Your Protein? In order to make informed choices among the bewildering range of available transfer and detection methods, it is best to have as clear an idea as possible of your own particular requirements
Do You Need a License to Handle Radioactive Materials? Whichever type of license is granted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), it tends to be a single license issued to the institution itself, to regulate its entire radioisotope usage. Separate licenses are not normally granted to the various departments or to individuals at that institution
