How does SDS-PAGE work?
Image from ww2.chemistry.gatech.eduSodim dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) is a widely used technique in biological sciences to separate out proteins bas...
What are myosin heavy chain proteins or MHCs?
Image from Sigma-AldrichMyosin heavy chain (MHC) is a component of one of the coolest molecules out there, Myosin II, the protein complex responsible for muscle contraction. Myosin...
The big picture of our research and the challenge of funding it
The majority of all funding towards health sciences these days is directed towards understanding disease. This is quite understandable- we have enormously big demons to fight like c...
MHC fiber typing of my muscle cells
This is the silver stain assay that we use for determining MHC fiber type (fast-twitch, slow-twitch or hybrid of both). Each lane was loaded with a single isolated muscle fiber (si...