Daily Archives: April 2, 2011

workshops, 04/02/11

Pare mRNA counting in Drosophila (McGinnis lab) Recommend acetone permialization. No prot K, need longer hybe. Direct label not as sensitive, much more expensive. More As = better probe (but repeats give background)! Arney et al nut acids 2010. Mounting … Continue reading

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Techniques Platform, 04/02/11

Techniques Platform. Perrimon group/ RNAi centers Cell based RNAi screening. Increase in imaging screens (from plate-reader screens). 1-3 million images per std experiment, taken an automatically analyzed. 2-10Tb per screen, currently 35Tb of data. Trying to move to in vivo … Continue reading

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Platforms 04/02/11

Regulation of Gene Expression Part I Lehmann lab FACs and RNA-seq to study germline transcription. 7K out 13.8K genes transcribed in germline. Maternal to zygotic transition at stage 8-9 in germ cells. Ovo motif C-GTTA Zeba (dePace Lab) quantitative input … Continue reading

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