Antibody Advice — Your Toolkit for Experimental Success

As experiments get more complicated and costly, it is important to use all reagents in your experiment correctly from the start.

Antibodies are critical reagents and if not used in the right way, your experiment may need to be repeated due to high background or lack of any signal, or you may even obtain a false reading.

As antibody experts, Bio-Rad has used its extensive knowledge to develop a range of educational resources guiding you through best practice.

Find out what antibodies actually are, what choices exist, and how to select the right antibody for your experiment. Learn how to handle, store, and use antibodies and get practical advice for a range of experiments such as western blot, flow cytometry, and ELISA.

Educate yourself.

Select the resource that best meets your needs.  

Antibody Advice Guide

Antibody Advice Guide

Comprehensive practical guide about antibodies; their selection and use.
 

Secondary Antibody Guide

Secondary Antibody Guide

Guide to provide all the information you need to know to get the right results in a range of experiments.
 


Experimental Wisdom Podcasts

Experimental Wisdom Podcasts

Series of short podcasts to help you achieve reliable results when using antibodies.
 

Human and Mouse Immune Cell Marker Databases

Human and Mouse Immune Cell Marker Databases

Interactive tools showing immune cell lineages and identifying the markers present on various immune cells.
 


Flow Cytometry Resources 

Flow Cytometry Basics Guide

Flow Cytometry
Basics Guide

To keep up to date with recent advances, we have updated our popular Flow Cytometry Basics Guide, which not only provides practical advice and best practice examples when planning multicolor experiments, but also a basic overview of all the important flow cytometry principles.
 

Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry

Fundamentals of Flow Cytometry

These ten courses cover the basics of flow cytometry and experimental best practices, supporting the development of your skills and knowledge, with a downloadable certificate available upon completion of each course.
 


Handling Your Antibody - Course 1 of the Antibody Essentials Series
Antibody Performance Guarantee

Antibody Performance Guarantee

Bio-Rad offers a performance guarantee in key immunological applications including flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, immunoassays, western blotting, and immunofluorescence.