The need for improved education and training in research antibody usage and validation practices

BioTechniques

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 16-18

  Freedman, Leonard P ^a   Gibson, Mark C ^a   Bradbury, Andrew R M ^b   Buchberg, Arthur M ^c   Davis, Darryl ^d   Dolled Filhart, Marisa P ^e   Lund Johansen, Fridtjof ^f   Rimm, David L ^g  

^a Global Biological Standards Institute   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c American Association for Cancer Research   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Preclinical; Reproducibility; Survey; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; EDUCATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN BINDING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING; STORAGE; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS;

ANTIBODIES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84978032460     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: 19409818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000114431     Document Type: Letter

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