Re: Freezing fluorophores

Posted by Julian Smith III on
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We aliquot and freeze our dye-conjugated secondaries at -20 (not a
frost-free freezer, but real -20C) all the time.  They last for at
least a year under these conditions, and in most cases, several years.
Julian

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>Hi,
>
>What's your opinion about freezing fluorescently conjugated
>antibodies? I know for example that the Qdots are destroyed by
>freezing, but how about others?
>
>/fredrik
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