Do
- Fill out the request form and discuss your question before sending samples.
- Contact the Facility at any time to discuss sample preparation / processing / shipping.
- Provide us with as much information about your sample / protein as you can.
- Use clean containers to stain and store gels, and use them only for this purpose.
- Use a lid for the container mentioned above.
- Wear gloves at all times during sample handling.
- Cut gel bands on a clean bench and a clean glass plate using a clean (=new) scalpel knife,use 70% ethanol for cleaning and lint-free towels (like from Kimberly-Clark Kimtech science).
- Send the protein sequence (FASTA format) when you have any tags attached to the original sequence (e.g. his tag, Flag, MBP, GST, etc.)
- Acknowledge the Facility in your publications (please), if analyses / services have contributed to your work.
- Use safe-lock tubes when sending samples to avoid opening of tubes during transport
- If you send samples on dry ice, please snap-freeze them before in liquid nitrogen or take them directly from your freezer to avoid opening of tubes
- Please spin samples shortly before freezing that the liquid is on the bottom of the tube
