Janeth J. Peña

• Standard Molecular Techniques:

  • Extractions: DNA (CTAB method) and RNA (Trizol method), CsCl 2  Maxi and mini prep extractions. 

  • Cloning with a diverse number of kits. Polymerase chain Reaction (PCR), Reverse Transcriptase (RT)-PCR, Quativative (q)-PCR

  • Gel electrophoresis: Agarose and Polyacrilomide gels

  • Protein: Protein extractions, Immunoprecipitation (Ip), Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP). Protein Quantification (Bradford), Commassie Stains, Silver Stain, Western Blots and development with HRP substrate.

  • Sanger sequencing (Big Dye).

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• Bioinformatics​

  • Sequence editing (Sequencer and Chromas).

  • Manual annotation of genes.

  • Local sequence BLAST database set up.

  • Protein modelling .

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• Video/Audio editing of power point media files for conceptualization and preparation of the Essential Academic Skill Enhancement (EASE) online workshops.  Click below for  access to videos.

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