| Antibody Labeling |
| HIAR |
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| Heat Induced Antigen Retrieval (HIAR)
This protocol describes a pretreatment of tissues for optimal antigen target preservation that is used for some monoclonal antibodies. |
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| Wholemount Antibody & ABC reaction |
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| This is a standard labeling protocol for antibody labeling and additional ABC staining. |
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| Wholemount Antibody Labeling |
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| This is a standard labeling protocol derived from the Zebrafish Book (Westerfield, 2000). |
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| Approved IACUC Animal Use Protocols |
| ZIRC |
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| This is the approved animal use protocol for the Zebrafish International Resource Center in Eugene, Oregon, USA. |
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| Amacher Lab |
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| This is the approved animal use protocol for the Amacher lab at the University of California at Berkeley, located in Berkeley, California, USA. |
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| Burgess Lab |
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| This is the approved animal use protocol for the Burgess lab at the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. |
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| Cryopreservation and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) |
| Cryopreservation of zebra fish spermatozoa using methanol, Harvey et al. 1982 |
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The Canadian Journal of Zoology
has kindly permitted us to provide a downloadable document of the original
article by Harvey et al., (1982) that describes cryopreservation for
zebrafish. All copyrights remain with the Canadian Journal of Zoology. You
can download the article for your own use. Please
inform yourself here
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| Sperm Cryopreservation by Walker and Streisinger |
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from Harvey et al. by Walker and Streisinger can be found
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| Sperm Cryopreservation by Draper et al. 2004 (used at ZIRC) |
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| Egg Bleaching |
| Egg Bleaching |
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| Fish Feeding |
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Flake Food |
| Powdered Food Recipes |
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Artemia |
| Artemia Decapsulation |
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| Artemia Recipe |
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Paramecia |
| ZIRC Paramecia Instructions |
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| A. Ingredients and Supplies |
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| B. List of Terms |
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| C. Making Cultures |
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| D. Making Subcultures |
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| E. Making Cages |
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| F. Harvesting - part I |
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| Harvesting - part II |
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| G. Modifications for small facilities |
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| H. Photos with captions |
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Schedules and Suppliers |
| Feeding Schedule - weekday and weekend |
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| Food Source Information |
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| Fish Nursery |
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| E2 Solution |
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Nursery |
| Basic Nursery Instructions |
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| Detailed Nursery and Food Instructions |
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| Nursery Protocol, Siphon Method |
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| Genotyping |
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| A. Read this first! |
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| B. Overview of Genotyping Assays at ZIRC |
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| C. Designing and Handling of PCR Primers |
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| D. PCR Sample Preparation |
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| E. General PCR Protocol |
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| F. Restriction Enzyme Digestion |
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| G. Gel Electrophoresis |
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| H. Controls |
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| Files A. - H. Combined |
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I. Find and Download Line Specific   Genotyping Protocols  here |
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We provide all protocols we use at ZIRC online as soon as possible. If you see a fish line that has no protocol associated with it on our pages, it means that it probably does not exist. Please be reminded that we are unable to develop and provide specific PCR protocols upon request. |
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| Sentinel Design |
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| Example Sentinel SOP |
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| Labels |
| ZIRC Label Info |
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