Firstly, a large range of ROI can be identified through panoramic imaging, that is, the whole film is partitioned, and a certain large ROI is selected as the microdissection range of the collected sample. Then, through the intelligent analysis algorithm, based on the multi-dimensional characteristics of the microdissection target (maybe a certain cell type, blood vessels or interstitium) such as morphology, size, fluorescence intensity, etc., the target small ROI in the selected large ROI is identified.
Q:
How can I ensure that there are no contaminations in microdissection collected samples?
When performing microdissection, from top to bottom it should be a sandwich structure of "membrane-sample-cover glass". The sample is between the membrane and the coverslip to ensure that the sample is clean and the entire process is contamination-free.
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How are the kits stored and transported?
The kit can be sent at room temperature. Long-term storage suggestions: reagents and enzymes can be stored at -20 ℃, consumables (independent small packages) are placed at room temperature separately, to avoid the consumables to be refrigerated to room temperature when moisture absorption and affect the results of the experiment.
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What to do with plant samples that contain substances (e.g., reducing agents) that affect BCA quantification?
Plant samples are recommended to use acetone for protein precipitation after protein extraction and washing before protein quantification.
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Can acidified samples be stored at -20°C overnight?
Changes in pH can cause precipitation of certain proteins and prolonged storage of acidified samples is not recommended.
Q:
Does the sample volume have to be 30 μL when loading the sample in step 1.4?
No, a total volume of 20-50 μL is sufficient. You can load up to 2 times for a total of about 60 μl: 60 μl can be added to 6 μl of Acidize, aliquoted in two sequential samples, i.e. 33 μl at the loading step, centrifuged, and then repeated with 33 μl, centrifuged.
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What to do if sample reduction with the Reduce reagent takes longer than 15 min.
When using the Reduce reagent, the recommended optimal reduction time is 15 min and the maximum reduction time should not exceed 60 min.
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How do I control the second centrifugation time of 5 sec during the enzymatic digestion?
To set the minimum centrifuge time, manually click Stop 5 sec after centrifugation has started.