Immuno Techniques
Secondary antibodies are widely used in a wide range of research applications. In these articles we describe both conventional and innovative techniques, and how secondary antibodies can be used to get more from your assays.
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Part 1: Introduction to Cancer Research and the Hallmarks of Cancer
This article introduces key concepts underpinning cancer research, including the hallmarks of cancer and major …Read More »
Autofluorescence
Autofluorescence can present challenges for techniques such as immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunocytochemistry (ICC), and flow cytometry, …Read More »
Fluorogenic DNA-PAINT: Modifying DNA-PAINT For Faster Super-Resolution Imaging
DNA-based Point Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography (DNA-PAINT) is an increasingly popular super-resolution microscopy …Read More »
The Evolution of DNA-PAINT
First reported in 2010, DNA points accumulation for imaging in nanoscale topography (DNA-PAINT) is a …Read More »
Why use a particular Antibody format?
Here, we discuss the differences between the different antibody formats available, including H+L, F(ab′)2, Fab, …Read More »
Imaging with Jackson ImmunoResearch Secondary Antibodies
Imaging using immunostaining is a commonly used technique that can elucidate many details about how …Read More »
Selecting a Secondary Antibody for Bead-Based Applications
Many different bead-based applications have been developed for detecting and purifying biomolecules. Secondary antibodies have …Read More »
Tips for Selecting the Right Secondary Antibody
Secondary antibodies offer many advantages for scientific research. These include increased assay sensitivity, owing to …Read More »
Far-Red and Near Infrared Dyes
Antibodies labeled with fluorescent dyes are essential tools for a broad range of research techniques, …Read More »
An Introduction to Spatial Biology
Spatial biology is a rapidly evolving field of research that puts cellular information into its …Read More »
Selecting the Right Fluorescently-Labeled Secondary Antibody for Spatial Proteomics
Conventional IHC, CycIF, and t-CyCIF can all be performed using fluorescently labeled secondary antibodies, provided …Read More »
abberior Flux dyes and JIR AffiniPure-VHH™ antibodies
Indirect immunofluorescence staining is a pivotal method for biomolecule labeling, yet its efficacy for super-resolution …Read More »
What is an Antibody?
Antibodies are complex proteins produced by mammalian B cells during the adaptive immune response. Their …Read More »
Secondary detection: Indirect detection set-up
Secondary detection, also known as indirect detection, has two important advantages over direct detection. These …Read More »
Top 10 Tips for ELISA
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) remains one of the most popular immunoassay techniques due to its …Read More »
Considerations for Multiplex Immunofluorescence
A major advantage of fluorescent detection is that it allows for multiplexing. Depending on the …Read More »
Bead-based multiplexing assays: Luminex® xMAP® Technology
According to Luminex® (a DiaSorin company), xMAP® is the world′s most used multiplexing technology, a …Read More »
Tissue Clearing Techniques
The term ‘tissue clearing’ describes a collection of techniques used for making large, fixed biological …Read More »
Assay Setup: Sandwich ELISA for Allergy
ELISA is a widely used technique for detecting and quantifying one or more specific proteins …Read More »
Super-Resolution Microscopy: Principles, Technologies, and Considerations for Reagent Selection
While conventional microscopy techniques are still widely used for scientific research, super-resolution microscopy (SRM) is …Read More »
ELISA Guide; Part 4: Troubleshooting
Overview No Signal or Weak Signal High Background Poor Reproducibility Between Plates Poor Reproducibility Between …Read More »
AffiniPure-VHH® secondary antibodies for flow cytometry
Flow cytometry is a technique used to analyze individual cells in suspension. It uses a …Read More »
ELISA Guide; Part 3: ELISA Optimization
Overview Optimization Controls and Standards Validation Spike and Recovery Dilutional Linearity Parallelism Data Analysis Optimization …Read More »
NEW: 4 part ELISA Guide

An Introduction to Surface Plasmon Resonance
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) is a label-free optical biosensing technique that allows researchers to measure …Read More »
ELISA Guide; Part 2: The ELISA Protocol
Overview Key Stages in the ELISA Protocol Capture Sample Preparation Analyte-Specific Antibody Considerations Secondary Antibody …Read More »
Western Blotting Guide

ELISA Guide; Part 1: Introduction to ELISA, Formats and Signal Amplification
Introduction to ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was first described in 1971 when it was …Read More »
The Rise of Antibody Therapeutics
In June 1986, muromonab-CD3 became the first monoclonal antibody approved by the U.S. Food and …Read More »
CAR T-Cell Therapy: Features, Benefits, and Applications
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is fast becoming established as the fifth pillar of …Read More »
Detecting ScFVs – Considerations for optimal detection
Single chain variable fragments (scFvs) are commonly used in CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T-Cell) cell …Read More »
Western blotting guide: Part 8, Visualization
Visualization of the target proteins is the object of a western blot. There are a …Read More »
Dot Blot: A Quick and Easy Method for Separation-Free Protein Detection
Dot blot is one of the easiest ways to determine whether a protein of interest …Read More »
Vial fill size, protein concentration, and reconstitution volumes
We are sometimes asked about the discrepancy between the protein concentration recorded, the recommended volume …Read More »
Troubleshooting: Using Anti-Light Chain Antibodies after Immunoprecipitation
Anti-light chain antibodies are commonly used for Western blotting (WB) after Immunoprecipitation (IP) when detecting …Read More »
Western blotting guide: Part 7, Membrane Washing
Washing removes unbound or aggregated proteins present on the blot as well as unbound reagents …Read More »
Lateral Flow Immunoassay: Methodology, Applications, and Considerations for Use
Lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) is a membrane-based technique for detecting specific analytes in complex samples. …Read More »
Western blotting guide: Part 6, Secondary Antibodies
The secondary antibody detects the primary antibody, typically conjugated to a reporter molecule it enables …Read More »
Western blotting guide: Part 5, Primary Antibodies
Primary antibodies are used to detect the protein of interest. Part 5 of the Western …Read More »
Western blotting guide: Part 4, Membrane blocking
Blocking is essential to prevent non-specific interactions between the transferred proteins, the membrane and the …Read More »
Benefits of Lateral Flow Immunoassays for Point-Of-Care Testing
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIA) are widely used for rapid detection of specific analytes in a …Read More »
Selecting Fluorophores for Antibody-based Research
Fluorophores are essential tools for scientific research. They are widely used for immunoassay techniques such …Read More »
Lateral flow tests for diagnostics
Lateral flow assays are one of the many types of immunoassays available for health monitoring. …Read More »
Serological testing for diagnostics and disease surveillance
Serological tests enable disease surveillance from initial infection through to the development of immunity against …Read More »
Chromogenic Detection for Western Blot, IHC, and ELISA
Chromogenic substrates are used in colorimetric detection. They are simple and easy to use. Suitable …Read More »
Colorimetric Western blotting
Colorimetric detection is an economical and simple method for the detection of analyte when Western …Read More »
Chemiluminescent Western blotting
Chemiluminescent Western blotting is a highly sensitive protein detection method. The broad dynamic range allows …Read More »
Fluorescent Western blotting
Fluorescent Western blotting can offer many advantages to an already robust protein detection technique. Secondary …Read More »
Conjugates for Western blotting
3 methods of detection are available for Western blotting: colorimetric, chemiluminescent and fluorescent. Each detection …Read More »
Direct and Indirect Western blotting
Western blotting is a robust technique employing antibodies to detect proteins immobilized on a blotting …Read More »

