Protocols

• Animal Husbandry/Animal Protocols
  • Inducing egg laying via hCG injection

• Embryo Staining Protocols
  • Harland Lab - in situ hybridization (brief version)
  • Thomsen Lab - benzidine-peroxidase staining for blood
  • Veenstra Lab - apoptosis via TUNEL
  • Wallingford Lab - wholemount antibody staining (CSH Protocols)

• Vize Lab - Fluorescent In-Situs and FCIS
  • Wholemount embryo FISH / Double FISH
  • Flourescin Tyramide Synthesis
  • Cy3 Tyramide Synthesis
  • FCIS
  • Chromosomal FISH-TSA

• Heasman Lab - Oocyte Transfer Technique
  • Part 1: Choosing Oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ODNs)
  • Part 2: ODN Modification
  • Part 3: Host Transfer Technique
  • Part 4:Fertilization and Development

• Xenopus Oocyte and Egg Extracts
  • Shechter Lab - crude interphase egg extract ("LSS" - low speed supernatant)
  • Shechter Lab - isolation of chromatin from egg extract and histone recovery
  • Shechter Lab - preparation of cycling egg extract (extract that proceeds through multiple rounds of mitosis/interphase)
  • Stukenberg Lab - Mike's cycling extracts
  • Stukenberg Lab - Sara's cycling extracts
  • Stukenberg Lab - Mike's CSF extract
  • Stukenberg Lab - Sara's CSF extract
  • Stukenberg Lab - assaying H1 kinase in extracts

• Xenopus Tissue Culture
  • Stukenberg Lab - tissue culture of Xenopus cell lines S3, XTC
  • Stukenberg Lab - isolation of mitotic chromosomes from XTC cells
  • Stukenberg Lab - in-vitro kinetochore-microtubule binding assays
  • Stukenberg Lab - immunofluorescence with biotinylated antibodies

• Purifying Polyclonal Antibodies using Affinity Columns / Chromatography
  • Making an Affinity Column
  • Running an Affinity Column

• Other Protocols
  • Stukenberg Lab - immunoprecipitation
  • Stukenberg Lab - silver staining protein gels