Challenges of Western Blotting Sunday, September 18, 2022 10:56 AM Western blotting (WB) is a time consuming multi step process that can lend itself to errors in each step of the process; this can lead to many challenges. It would be safe to say that there is a lack of any consensus on what constitutes [...]
Discussion of research comparing manual vs. Western blot automation. The automated Western blot increased signal to noise ratio and signal intensity.
The push for greater reproducibility, competition for grants, and pressure to publish increase, using automated Western Blot processing is now a necessity.
Until recently, processing Western blots has been the same since 1979. New advances are making it possible to automate some parts of the process.
