gels and blotting
Gel documentation without overexposing bands
Save a gel image you can interpret: keep the ladder visible, avoid saturation, and do not let an overexposed no-template lane become a false positive.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
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cytometry and microscopy
Photobleaching and exposure time
How to tell photobleaching from a dim label, and when to change exposure, illumination, binning or gain before the signal is gone.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read