Article for Research

VDSers- an article on protein expression methods has been uploaded to Google Docs.

You may find this useful for your research report (and for actually doing the research!)

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_Gl3lMyhDsoMjhhZGZiNmMtYWI2My00ZjExLTk4YTQtNmE1MDNmMDE2YzMz&hl=en&authkey=CMK_8-MC

There are also some Journal papers on Scp1, Ca2, Ca7 and PTP1b.

I would also suggest trying to find a Review article on your target – these give a good overview of the field o f study

Fascinating Midi Prep

Hello all,

I did the midi prep on Friday since I had 2 tests on Wednesday. Thursday I had to grow up some of my cells (40190, carbonic anhydrase II). It took me about 5 hours to do the procedure on Friday. Nothing really went wrong. Well, I almost used the wrong box, but Dr. B came in and saved the day before I started. My concentration ended up being 383.1 ng/uL. I forgot to e-mail the nanodrop picture to myself, so you guys will just have to take my word for it. This week will be another low-hour week in lab because I am leaving for the weekend. However, my hours will be made up starting on the 4th. Also, I have been working on the research paper and have hit a brick wall. My target is carbonic anhydrase II. I’m pretty confused as to how virtual drug screening is relevant to this target, so hopefully Dr. B will give me some insight before next Sunday when the final draft is due.

Have a good week!

Target Info

This thread can serve as a general location to ask questions about finding info on your targets.

If you have a link or resource that you have found beneficial in looking up info, you can share it here as a Comment. This will allow everyone to collaborate on how to get the info they need in the report. Also, see the Target Info Sites page to get started.

https://vdsclass.wordpress.com/target-info-sites/

If your info is specific to a certain target, then Tag it with the target name (e.g. DHFR)

Guidelines for Research Report

Guidelines for the Research Report are now posted onto Google Docs.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B4O2KqKh2q_-NDk0M2M1Y2YtMGQ2Yi00MDc0LWI1NzMtYjc3ODExOTI4MmRm&hl=en&authkey=CPzZ-6cC