MICROARRAY PROTOCOLS

The research world is filled with specific protocols and tools that may be used to successfully establish and perform microarray experiments. This page consists of an organized, extensive set of links to facilitate access to microarray printing, RNA isolation, probe labeling and scanning techniques.


Comprehensive Microarray Protocols (Academia/Non-profit)
DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF
Pat Brown's Laboratory ­ Stanford
John Quackenbush ­ TIGR
Microarray Protocols (Oak Ridge National Laboratories)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)
SRC Microarray Facility (University of Queensland, Australia)
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Microarray Core Facility (Baylor College of Medicine)
Complete protocol for epoxy slides (QUANTIFOIL)
Complete protocol for aldehyde slides (QUANTIFOIL)
Complete protocol for amino slides (QUANTIFOIL)
 
DNA Amplification and Purification (Academia/Non-profit)
Preparation of DNA Samples (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
Random DNA Amplification (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
cDNA Clone Preparation (De Risi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
DNA Precipitation (De Risi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Template Miniprepping (TIGR)
PCR Purification and Storage (TIGR)
 
DNA Amplification and Purification (Commercial Kits)
QIAquick 96 PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen)
MinElute 96 UF PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen)
Montage PCR Cleanup Filter Plates (Millipore)
 
 
Slide Array Preparation & Printing (Academia/Non-profit)
Poly-l-Lysine coating of slides (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Preparation of Poly-Lysine Slides (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Printing Microarrays (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Post-Processing Arrays (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Array Post-Processing Protocol (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Printing in DMSO (TIGR)
Printing Troubleshooting Guide (University of Queensland)
Preparation of Poly-Lysine Slides (University of Queensland)
Slide array preparation and printing (QUANTIFOIL)
 
RNA Isolation (Academia/Non-profit)
Fast Track mRNA Isolation (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
Fast Track mRNA Isolation (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Human Tumor mRNA Isolation (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Preparation of Total RNA from Blood (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
RNA Extraction (NHGRI)
Poly A+ Isolation from Total RNA (TIGR)
RNA Isolation (Microarray Core Services - University of Rochester)
 
RNA Isolation (Commercial Kits)
FastTrack® 2.0 mRNA Isolation Kit (Invitrogen)
Micro-FastTrack™ 2.0 mRNA Isolation Kit (Invitrogen)
mRNA Catcher™ (Invitrogen)
TRIzol® Reagents (Invitrogen)
RNA Stabilization and Purification from Animal, Plant, Bacterial, Yeast, and Fungal Samples (Qiagen)
QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen)
Technical Article (Ambion, Inc.)
Total RNA isolation kits and reagents (Ambion, Inc.)
mRNA isolation kits and reagents (Ambion, Inc.)
ArrayIt Micro-Total RNA Extraction Kit (Telechem)
 
 
RNA Amplification (Academia/Non-profit)
aRNA Amplification - Ambion Method (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
aRNA Amplification - Wang Method (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
aRNA Amplification (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
Modified Eberwine RNA Amplification
 
 
RNA Amplification (Comercial Kits)
Amino Allyl MessageAmp™ aRNA Kit (Ambion, Inc.)
MessageAmp™ II aRNA Amplification Kit (Ambion, Inc.)
BDSmart mRNA Amplfication Kit (BD Biosciences Clontech)
Ovation System (Nugen)
ArrayIt MiniAmp mRNA Amplification Kit (Telechem)
 
 
Probe Labeling (Glass Slide Arrays - Academia/Non-profit)
Labeling Yeast RNA (Brown Laboratory ­ Stanford)
Labeling Human RNA (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Labeling E.Coli RNA (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Amino-Allyl Reverse Transcription (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Revised Amino-Allyl Labeling (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Labeling by Reverse Transcription (NHGRI)
Amino-allyl Dye Coupling Protocol
Reverse Transcription/Labeling RNA
Modified Eberwine RNA Amplification
Amino Allyl Labeling (TIGR)
Direct Probe Labeling (University of Queensland)
 
Probe Labeling (Commercial Kits)
LabelStar Array Kit (Qiagen)
Amino Allyl cDNA Labeling Kit (Ambion, Inc.)
FairPlay® II Microarray Labeling Kit (Stratagene)
LabelStar Array Kit (Qiagen)
Ovation Aminoallyl System (Nugen)
ArrayIt Indirect Amino Allyl Fluorescent Labeling Kit (Telechem)
ULS™ labeling kits for DNA microarray applications (Kreatech)
Microarray Target Purification Kit (Roche Biochemicals)
Label IT® µArray™ Cy™3/Cy™5 Labeling Kit (Mirus Bio Corp.)
 
Hybridization & Washing (Glass Slide Arrays)
Array Hybridization-General/Yeast (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Array Hybridization-Human (Brown Laboratory-Stanford)
Array Hybridization (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Array Washing (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
Hybridization (NHGRI)
Labeled Probe Hybridization (TIGR)
Hybridization/Washing Glass Slide Arrays (QUANTIFOIL)
Array Washing Protocol (QUANTIFOIL)
 
Scanning (Glass Slide Arrays)
Array Scanning (DeRisi Laboratory ­ UCSF)
 
Probe Labeling (Filter Arrays - Academia/Non-profit)
Showe Lab (The Wistar Institute)
OU Microarray Core Facility (University of Oklahoma)
Saied A. Jaradat, Ph.D., Tetsuya S. Tanaka, Ph.D. and Yulan Piao, M.D ­ (National Institute of Aging)
 
Affymetrix GeneChips® Protocols
BioMolecular Resource Facility (Australian National University)
W.M. Keck Facility (Yale University)