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Thermo Fisher Scientific Innovators Program Offers Free Antibodies for Sharing Data

Thermo Fisher Scientific
17 Nov 2010
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Thermo Fisher Scientific announces the Thermo Scientific Pierce Innovators Program. The program encourages researchers to share their data generated using Thermo Scientific Pierce Antibodies with the rest of the scientific community in exchange for free antibodies.

"Our Innovators Program rewards customers for sharing their data and feedback on qualified antibodies,” said Carrie Clothier, product manager for the Pierce® Antibodies product line. "This is the most aggressive program of its kind in the industry and illustrates our commitment to antibody quality."

To participate in the Pierce Innovators Program, researchers should submit their data using Pierce qualified antibodies, plus all necessary controls. Data will be accepted for any of the following antibody applications: Western blotting, immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunocytochemistry (ICC), immunofluorescence (IF), fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), immunoprecipitation (IP) and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP).

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AntibodiesAntibodies are used in techniques such as confocal and fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, ELISA, ELISPOT, immunohistochemistry, western blotting and immunopreciptation. Select specific antigen reactivity, high specific affinity, low non-specific binding, monoclonal or polyclonal, primary or secondary antibodies and associated conjugates such as an enzyme or dye for visualization.Western BlottingWestern blotting equipment is used to transfer and identify specific proteins within a sample, reveal protein modifications, as well as give a semi-quantitative estimation of their concentration. Western blotting equipment includes all apparatus necessary to transfer proteins from gel to membrane and subsequent processing steps. Protein transfer can be performed by electroblotting with wet, semi-dry and dry transfer systems onto nitrocellulose and PVDF membranes. Blocking, washing and labeling of membranes follows, involving buffers, blocking reagents, blotting / incubation trays, labeling reagents, immunoblotting assays, antibodies and conjugates. Automated equipment for these steps is available to accelerate your lab workflow. Finally, detection and imaging of proteins can be conducted using gel documentation and imaging systems. Find the best western blotting equipment in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.ELISAEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), also known as enzyme immunoassays (EIA), are used for the detection and quantification of proteins, peptides and antibodies in a sample. ELISA often comes in kit format, with pre-selected antibody pairs to detect specific proteins or biomarkers of diseases such as diabetes and obesity, or cardiovascular and neurological disorders. Detection is made possible with chemiluminescent, fluorescent or colorimetric substrates and detection instruments such as microplate / ELISA readers. Other kits available include: Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assays for the quantification of protein-producing cells and chemiluminescent immunoassays (CLIA) kits. Find the best ELISA kits and products in our peer-reviewed product directory: compare products, check customer reviews and receive pricing direct from manufacturers.

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