labware
A glossary of labware terms
Definitions of the labware words that change a result: class marks, to contain and to deliver, joint size, resin, sterile and clean.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
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liquid handling
A glossary of liquid-handling terms
Separate the liquid-handling terms people mix up, from blow-out and pre-wetting to systematic error, tip fit, and the Z-factor.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
cytometry and microscopy
A glossary of optical measurements
Which optical measurements a microscope or cytometer specification should name so a later user can repeat the light path.
8 October 2026 · 7 min read
pcr amplification
A glossary of PCR terms
Plan a PCR by defining amplicon, Tm, Ta, hot-start, plateau, master mix, NTC, inhibition, fidelity and multiplex before you mix.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
protein biochemistry
A glossary of protein-prep terms
Fourteen protein-prep words, from lysate to glycerol stock, each tied to the mistake it stops before a purification is misread.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
proteomics
A glossary of proteomics terms
A working glossary of proteomics terms, from precursor and PSM to razor peptide, FDR and batch effect, and how each term changes a pull-down or abundance claim.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
nucleic acid purification
A glossary of purification terms
Define chaotrope, bind-wash-elute, yield, purity ratios and RIN, then walk a purification so those words describe one real workflow.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
dna sequencing
A glossary of sequencing terms
Working definitions of read, coverage, depth, MAPQ, Phred, VCF, BAM and the related words, each tied to the mistake that word prevents.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
buffers and water
A glossary of solution terms
Decide which number a recipe means before you weigh a salt: molarity or molality, which percent, normality, buffer capacity, osmolality, or hydrogen-ion activity.
8 October 2026 · 9 min read
research sourcing
A glossary of sourcing terms
Compare a specification with a datasheet, a quotation with a proforma, and an acceptance test with a brochure claim before you send an enquiry.
8 October 2026 · 11 min read
gene expression
A heatmap is a picture not a conclusion
How clustering, colour scale and row scaling change a gene-expression heatmap, and why the differential table and the contrast remain the result.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read
proteomics
A protein ID is not a proof of function
A proteomics identification is a sequence match under a false discovery rate. Function still needs activity, phenotype, localisation or a perturbation, plus controls.
8 October 2026 · 8 min read