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Spectacular cell structure #FluorescenceFriday, with an #animalfree Ankyron™ against Calreticulin to specifically label the endoplasmic reticulum (red) in HUVEC, counterstaining actin cytoskeleton (green) and nuclei (blue) @Discover_Echo #bioscience #immunology #3Rs @AFR_UK
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This #FluorescenceFriday we use our Ankyron CJ30442 (cyan) to identify the lymphatic marker LYVE1 in skin, showing the extensive lymphatic network through to the individual oak-leaf-shaped endothelial cell on the Mica #microscope @LeicaMicro. Learn more at proimmune.com/ankyron
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This #FluorescenceFriday we are shining a light on lymphatics in skin using Ankyron® clone DE40213, which binds Podoplanin (cyan). Image captured with our @Discover_Echo #microscope. Learn more about our recombinant antibody-replacements at proimmune.com/ankyron
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This #FluorescenceFriday we used our recombinant target binding reagent Ankyron® clone CE30111 (green) to detect Perlecan in the extracellular matrix deposited by HUVECs, with nuclei counterstained using DAPI (blue). Image captured using our brilliant @Discover_Echo #microscope.
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This #FluorescenceFriday we’re exploring microtubules using Ankyron® clone AP40945, which binds TBCA (red), with DAPI-stained nuclei (blue). Shown in HeLa cells. Image captured with our lovely @Discover_Echo #microscope. Learn more: proimmune.com/ankyron
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Fascinating insights this #FluorescenceFriday, into complement delay-accelerating factor (DAF, CD55), identified by our Ankyron™ AC40301 (red) in HeLa cells (nuclei, blue) on our lovely @Discover_Echo #microscope. #animalfree #immunology #cells
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If #FlowcytometryFriday is more your thing, then Ankyron™ AC40302 works well in this application, shown in HeLa (red histogram, with negative control of secondary fluorophore only in grey). Ankyrons™ are #animalfree recombinant next-generation binding and detection reagents.
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Exquisite filamentous patterns for #FluorescenceFriday thanks to Ankyron™ ANK00782_7_AU41488 specific to CD29 cell surface receptor β1 integrin (shown in red in a dendritic cell, with nucleus counterstained with DAPI blue). @Discover_Echo #bioscience #immunology #cells
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#MicroscopyMonday! IHC with an insulin-specific #animalfree Ankyron™ AB40258 (brown) clearly identifying β-cells in islets of Langerhans of human pancreas (nuclei in blue) using #Leica autostainer and @Discover_Echo #microscope in colour camera, upright configuration.
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This #FluorescenceFriday we use an Ankyron™ to specifically label the Golgi apparatus marker RCAS1 (red), counterstaining actin cytoskeleton (green) and nucleus (blue) on @Discover_Echo microscope. Look out for our other organelle-specific #animalfree Ankyrons™
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Shining a light on Endoglin (aka CD105) for #FluorescenceFriday, shown in red using #animalfree Ankyron™ ANK00708_1_AY40419 (nuclei blue), highly expressed in vascular endothelial cells like these HUVEC & has a crucial role in angiogenesis, & TGFβ signaling. @Discover_Echo
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We were happy to see that this Ankyron also works well in #FlowCytometry, with HUVEC stained with V5-tagged Ankyron and anti-V5 APC (red). Negative control, anti-V5 APC only (grey).
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This dendritic cell is ready for #FluorescenceFriday! Here, we used our interferon-α8-specific #animalfree Ankyron™ ANK01178_5_AW40550 (red) and nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue) on @Discover_Echo #microscope Find out more: proimmune.com/ankyron #cytokine @AFR_UK
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#FluorescenceFriday insight into Lupus La protein, highly distinctive cytoplasmic staining (red) revealed by our #animalfree Ankyron™ - nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue). @Discover_Echo #bioscience #immunology #animalfreeresearch #cytoplasm @AFR_UK
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Delighted that we contributed to exciting work from Zuben Sauna’s lab (FDA) using Ankyrons™ specific to 3 #COVID19 spike protein variants, which neutralized all 3 in a pseudovirus-based neutralization assay. doi.org/10.1208/s12248-025-0… #BLI #immunology #animalfree
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It's #FluorescenceFriday! Here's a lovely clear image using #animalfree Ankyron™ specific to cell cycle protein Cyclin A1 (red), with F-actin counterstained by phalloidin (green) @Discover_Echo Find out more proimmune.com/ankyron #immunology #3Rs #cellcycle @AFR_UK
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We're sponsoring #festofbiologics where science meets strategy! Join us on April 23-24 in San Diego. From cutting-edge research to advancements in AI-driven drug discovery, this is where breakthroughs happen.
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Our very own Emilee Knowlton, Ph.D., Senior Immunology Sales Specialist, will be speaking at this event about "An Integrated Approach to Managing Immunogenicity Risk and Optimum Protein Design".
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Is #WesternBlotWednesday a thing?! Why not celebrate those perfect western blots? Here's our #animalfree Ankyron™ specifically binding human β-actin (37.3 kDa), both recombinant protein and in cell line lysates. Perfect loading control for westerns! #3Rs #westernblot @AFR_UK
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And here's the same #animalfree Ankyron™ specific to β-actin (red), lighting up the cytoskeleton that we highlighted for #FluorescenceFriday last week:
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Fab fine filaments of the cytoskeleton for #FluorescenceFriday lit up by our #animalfree Ankyron™ to β-actin (red), with nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue) @Discover_Echo A good alternative counterstain to phalloidin! #bioscience #immunology #3Rs @AFR_UK
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