Do you ever wonder if the reagents that you get from a vendor or a colleague down the hall are good enough for…
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Where Are My Beads?
You have conducted your experiment, prepared your samples, performed the initial steps of your assay, and have…
Have You Serviced Your MAGPIX® This Year?
In addition to your daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance of the MAGPIX® instrument, there are preventative p…
What is DNA Methylation, and Can I Use Luminex Technology to Study It?
DNA methylation is a type of epigenetic change, and epigenetic changes are modifications to genes other than t…
Manual MagPlex® Bead Washing–Keep the Beads in Your Plate, Not the Sink!
Not using the most efficient way to wash your beads can often lead to lost sample and beads—something we try t…
How Well Do You Know Your Sample Probe?
Some of the most common hardware problems that occur in the field are related to the sample probe. Is your ins…
How Do I Validate This Assay When I Don’t Have Positive Specimens?
One almost universal frustration in validating a new assay is sourcing the appropriate clinical samples. Would…
Eleven Cytokines Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, incl…
Just Bead It!
Have you ever wondered about the technology that helps runs your tests? We’ve provided you with a little more …
It’s All About The Stats!
Numerous statistics are produced for each sample within a batch. Definitions for these terms can found in the …