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 ...

Foundations | The Birth of the Southern Blot, 1975 Courtesy of Ed Southern Gels used for electrophoresis of nucleic acids and proteins are permeable. This obvious fact didn't dawn on me until I tried ...

This procedure was named for its similarity to the previously invented method known as the Southern blot. The first step in a western blot is to prepare the protein sample by mixing it with a ...