What's the least volume you can use for incubating a western blot with antibody in a tray? We have approximately 5 x 8 cm (so ~40cm^2) trays and I can get down to about 4-5mL before I start to notice problems (sometimes works, sometimes you get blank areas). Of course it might be problems due to something else but I assume it's because of the low volume. I used to use pouches when necessary. We don't have pouches and a heat sealer here but I think one of the other labs might. I'm curious what others have found in the minimum volume to use for incubation.
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Minimum volume antibody solution for Western blot in tray?
Started by assembler01, Apr 09 2013 11:39 AM
antibody volume western blot
4 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 09 April 2013 - 11:39 AM
#2
Posted 09 April 2013 - 12:35 PM
Yeah, 5 ml is about the minimum for that sort of area, probably too little in fact. In a pouch you can get down to 1-2 ml.
Here we use a tube roller and a minimum of 2 ml for a 40-50 cm2 membrane in a 50 ml falcon tube.
Here we use a tube roller and a minimum of 2 ml for a 40-50 cm2 membrane in a 50 ml falcon tube.
#3
Posted 09 April 2013 - 12:49 PM
I'm with bob1, we use 50 ml conical tubes with 5 ml solution for primary antibodies.
#4
Posted 09 April 2013 - 12:56 PM
Would a tray+rocker then work instead of a roller if we don't have one of those? It seems like it should give the same type of effect as a roller (solution continuously passing over). I had been using a horizontal shaker with a tray before. Maybe the horizontal shaker doesn't mix well enough with low volumes, but a rocker might.
#5
Posted 09 April 2013 - 03:55 PM
Rocking or nutating trays work well.
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