Blotting is a powerful technique used in modern molecular biology. This technique is used to identify specific biomolecules present in a sample. There are several types of blotting techniques based on ...

A Southern blot is a laboratory method used to detect specific DNA molecules from among a many other DNA molecules. The technique was named after its inventor, Edward Southern. As a lab procedure, ...

The western blot may appear to be just another staple lab technique. However, there are some stories surrounding its invention that are definitely worth knowing. This might be news to some: scientists ...

The first blotting technique developed by Dr. Edwin Southern is called the Southern blot. This technique was subsequently modified so as to detect other target molecules. These techniques being ...

In the early 1970s, Edwin Southern, a young investigator with Peter Walker's group in Edinburgh (University of Edinburgh) was deeply immersed in the problem of characterizing the two 5S ribosomal RNA ...