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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 2h

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 16h

Exclusive raffle for attendees!
All webinar participants will be automatically entered to win:
🏆 1st Prize: iPad Pro (worth $999)
🥈 2nd Prize: $1,000 Proteintech product voucher

👉 Register your free place here: ptglab.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Introducing Able AI: The first AI-powered search tool for reagent selection and experimental design. After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...

Discover how artificial intelligence can revolutionize your lab workflow. In this webinar, we’ll explore how AI-powered tools can accelerate reagent selection and optimize experimental design through ...

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 2d

It’s back! Proteintech’s 9th annual Best Lab Manager Award 🎉

October is #LabManagerAppreciationMonth, and we’re celebrating the unsung heroes who keep research running smoothly.

The winner will receive a £1,000 grant (or local currency equivalent)

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 7d

AI and genomics could give us real-time disease insights from a single tissue sample. The future is closer than you think.

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Iván Godinez (Proteintech Genomics), Director of Product Management at Proteintech Genomics.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 9d

Less than a week to go!

The Proteintech Microscopy Image Competition closes Oct 5.

Recent entries include:
1. iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons
2. Mouse neuromuscular junctions
3. Human cortical neurons
4. Colon tissue

Enter for your chance to win: https://ow.ly/p3OC50WRh43

Microscopic view of neural cells with glowing nuclei in red and branching white and blue fibers against a dark background.

Fluorescent microscopy image showing a branching structure with pink and blue glowing clusters against a black background.

Fluorescent microscopy image showing green neuron cell bodies connected by intricate purple dendrites and axons on a dark background.

Microscopic view of a tissue sample stained with fluorescent dyes showing blue nuclei, green cell membranes, and clusters of pink and yellow cells.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 10d

New Episode of the #ProteintechPodcast with Dr Akhil Jain - Is Your Body a Quantum Machine? 🎧

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Dr. Akhil Jain: Is Your Body a Quantum Machine?

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 12d

Top tips for iPSC/ESC culture:

• Use high-quality ECMs & media
• Don’t skip ROCK inhibitor during passaging
• Watch density and check pluripotency

Read the full blog here: https://ow.ly/VJfu50X296Y

#culturing #ipsc #proteintech

Fluorescent microscopy images showing FoxA2 in red, Nanog in yellow, and merged FoxA2/Nanog/Phalloidin in iPSC and definitive endoderm cells.

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 12d

Last chance! The Proteintech Microscopy Image Competition ends Oct 5.

Check out some stunning entries:
1. Fetal liver progenitors
2. Induced human neurons
3. MEF cells
4. iPSC-derived neurons

Enter for your chance to win: https://ow.ly/p3OC50WRh43

#Microscopy #Immunofluorescence

Microscopic view of multicolored cells stained in red, green, blue, and purple, showing cellular structures and clusters against a dark background.

Fluorescent microscopy image showing numerous green neurons with glowing cell bodies and long, thin axons extending in various directions.

Fluorescent microscopy image showing multiple cells with bright blue nuclei, green cytoplasmic structures, and vivid magenta cytoskeletal filaments against a black background.

Microscopic view of neural cells with bright red axons radiating from purple-blue cell bodies against a black background.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 13d

Join our webinar and learn how to design large parameter flow cytometry panels.

📅Oct 16
🕓9 am CDT | 3 pm BST | 4 pm CEST

🔗Register now: https://ow.ly/Ji8y50X280g

#FlowCytometry #PanelDesign #ProteintechEvents

Webinar announcement for Flow Panel Design Made Easy by Proteintech and Dotmatics EasyPanel on October 16, 2025.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 14d

Running multiple IPs or working with different tags? Save up to 40% when you order 3 or more small size (10rxn) Nano-Traps for immunoprecipitation (IP) of different tagged proteins.

Order with code TRAPPACK
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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 15d

Doing a PhD or working in research isn’t easy. That's why we’re building AI-powered tools to streamline antibody selection, epitope mapping, and offering a free online learning portal.

👉 Explore free online courses learn.ptglab.com?utm_source=c...

#PhDLife #AcademicResearch #AbleAI

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 15d

Some of the stunning entries to the Proteintech Microscopy Image Competition 2025 ✨

Submit your by Oct 5 for a chance to win prizes including a $1000 product grant + framed print.

Submit here: ow.ly/p3OC50WRh43

#immunofluorescence #microscopy

Microscopic view of brain cells stained blue with red fluorescent markers highlighting specific proteins or structures.

Fluorescent microscopy image showing a cluster of blue-stained cells surrounded by orange cytoskeletal fibers and scattered green markers on a black background.

Microscopic view of cells with red-stained cytoskeletons and blue-stained nuclei against a dark background.

Microscopic view of red fluorescent neurons clustered around a central dark cavity, with blue-stained surrounding tissue.

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 15d

One hour to go!

There’s still time to register for our online workshop on culturing and maintaining kidney organoids. Don’t miss out.

📅Sep 23

🕓10 am CDT | 4 pm BST | 5 pm CEST

🔗Register now: ow.ly/7VEe50WPF6v

#ProteintechEvents #Organoids

Fluorescent microscopy image showing kidney organoids with red, green, and blue stained cells highlighting cellular structures.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 16d

Have you heard yet? Proteintech has just launched Able AI. A first-of-its-kind tool to accelerate scientific discovery. Now available free at ptglab.com.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 16d

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review of the week - ChromoTek rat anti RFP Monoclonal antibody (5F8)

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 16d

Last chance to register for our webinar on best practices in culturing kidney organoids.

📅Sep 23
🕓10 am CDT | 4 pm BST | 5 pm CEST

🔗Register: ow.ly/7VEe50WPF6v

Don’t miss an in-depth Q&A, free sample and certificate of attendance.

#ProteintechEvents #Organoids

Fluorescent microscopy image showing kidney organoids with red, green, and blue stained cells highlighting cellular structures and differentiation.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 19d

Culturing organoids?
Avoid these pitfalls:

1️⃣ Skipping ECM optimization
2️⃣ Letting them get too big (necrosis!)
3️⃣ Using low-quality growth factors
4️⃣ Poor cryopreservation/thawing

More research workflow solutions here: ow.ly/IuvT50WZvyM

#Organoids #Proteintech #LabTips

Microscopic view of clustered, brightly colored spherical cells with glowing orange and purple hues against a dark background.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 20d

grown on @Ibidi cell adhesion slides.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 20d

To kick off #Oktoberfest 2025, we couldn’t resist sharing this pretzel-like quadruple immunostaining of HeLa cells. 🥨

Created with Proteintech’s FlexAble Antibody Labeling Kits. www.ptglab.com/products/fle...

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 20d

✨ Proteintech x EMS Microscopy Image Competition 2025 ✨

Submit your immunofluorescence images and win prizes!

Submit your entry by October 5, 2025 for a chance to have your images featured!

🔗 ow.ly/p3OC50WRh43

Close-up of a cell with a glowing orange cytoskeleton and a blue nucleus against a gray background.

Fluorescent microscopic image showing a developing embryo with highlighted neural and skeletal structures in purple and yellow tones.

Microscopic view of neurons stained red with glowing cell bodies and blue nuclei scattered throughout the neural network.

Microscopic view of interconnected neurons with glowing orange cell bodies and intricate branching dendrites on a white background.

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 20d

Watch the on-demand recording of our recent webinar on cell differentiation, and the importance of growth factor quality, hosted by Sreethu Sankar, Product Manager at Proteintech.

Watch here: ow.ly/IAx950WYIQI

#CellDifferentiation #Proteintech #GrowthFactors #Organoids

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 21d

Proteintech's new Able AI-powered search allows researchers to precisely identify antibodies aligned with their specific research needs. Try it for yourself here: www.ptglab.com/able?utm_sou...

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Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 21d

Less than a week to go!

Join our online workshop and learn best practices to culture and maintain kidney organoids long-term.

📅Sep 23
🕓10 am CDT | 4 pm BST | 5 pm CEST

🔗Sign up here: ow.ly/7VEe50WPF6v

#ProteintechEvents #Organoids

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 23d

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review of the week - HumanKine® Recombinant Human IL-2 Protein (HZ-1015)
View product: www.ptglab.com/products/rec...

Three clear vials with yellow, white, and blue caps containing HumanKine® Recombinant Human IL-2 Protein, displayed on a reflective surface with a blue background.

Proteintech @proteintech.bsky.social · 23d

The Proteintech 2025 Microscopy Competition is open for entries.

Submit your immunofluorescence images for the chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, a framed print of your image and a $1000 product grant.

🔬 Deadline: 5th Oct

Submission link: ow.ly/p3OC50WRh43

Microscopic view of neural tissue stained with fluorescent dyes highlighting cell nuclei in blue and neural fibers in green.