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Do you know your leucine from your lysine? Your alanine from your arginine? Test your peptide proficiency in our amino acid structure quiz!

In this video, Dr. Vannberg describes how his lab uses ultracentrifugation to purify exosomes.

Despite the best of intentions, sometimes a Western blot goes bad. When that happens, you can cry into your blocking buffer (not recommended), or you can interpret the signs your Western is sending and address them! Can you read between the bands and determine where these blots went bad?
 

There comes a time in every researcher’s life when they need to have the talk with their cells… the transfection talk. Are you getting through [to] your cells? Find out if your cells are picking up what you’re putting down with this LabQuiz!

How you communicate with others says a lot about you. You probably already knew that, but did you also know that it can tell you which cell signaling pathway you are? 

Answer 10 questions to discover which Western blot membrane describes you. And if your Western blots look like Rohrshach blots, you need professional help!

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could count on your mice for reproducible results? Test your bench smarts in reproducible experimental design so you can get good data the first time.

Your body is made up of trillions of cells—but what do you really know about them? Take our lab quiz and determine your CIQ (cell identification quotient). 

Studying the most basic unit of life can be a complex endeavor. Are you a Cell Scholar or a Cell Sophomore? Get your grade today!
 

Are you an Immuno-Wizard, or are you a Naïve Nancy? Put your immu-know-how to the test with our Immunology LabQuiz!

Are you following the current best practices for Western blot imaging, data management, and publishing? Take this quiz to find out how reproducible your Western blots are!
 

Are you a wooly mammoth, a malaria-resistant mosquito, or a biofuel-producing yeast? Find out now! 

Are you an editing expert? Do genomes fear your exceptional powers of genetic revision? Try to crack the code in our genome editing LabQuiz! 

Are you a lentiviral expert? Challenge your knowledge with our LabQuiz to find out if you are a viral virtuoso!