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This week was the 19th SFRRI hosted this year in Lisbon, Portugal, Europe’s most westerly capital city and supposedly the sunniest; however this week saw clouds and occasional rain but the prospect of a packed week ‘Redox Biology and all things Free Radical’ more than compensated for the unseasonable weather.

We all heard of them: BCA assay, Bradford assay, Lowry assay; we all know that they measure proteins; but did we ever think about which assay might be the best to quantify our protein sample?

The selection of the optimal or wrong microplate, also called microtiter plate,  can significantly affect the performance of your assay. In these few lines, I will give you general guidelines that should help you choosing the best microplate for your assay.

“Shaken, not stirred!” This is the way James Bond likes his vodka Martini to be prepared. Probably, he is aware of the fact that, in contrast to stirring, shaking is a non-invasive method for mixing two or more solvents (like vodka and Martini).

Bacterial and fungal growth, drug compound solubility, protein aggregation, immunoprecipitation, antibody-antigen interaction, and polymerization monitoring, do you know what all these methods have in common?

The absorbance spectrum of haemoglobin (Hb) can be used to obtain information about its state or condition. This simple measurement has been used for research in widely varying fields.