Designing Controls for Peptide Experiments

Vehicle, scrambled-sequence, inactive-analogue and positive controls: how to design peptide experiments that separate real, sequence-specific effects from artefacts.

Peptide Modifications Explained: Amidation, Acetylation, Cyclization and More

A guide to the most common peptide modifications used in research, what each one changes, and how modifications show up...

Why Peptide Purity Matters for Reproducible Research

Where peptide impurities come from, how they can distort experimental results, which purity grade suits which application, and how to...

Storing and Handling Lyophilized Peptides in the Lab

Practical laboratory guidance on receiving, storing, weighing and solubilizing lyophilized peptides, plus how to protect peptide solutions from degradation.

How to Read a Peptide Certificate of Analysis (COA)

HPLC chromatograms, mass spectra, net peptide content and red flags: a practical guide to reading a peptide certificate of analysis...

What Are Research Peptides? A Primer for the Laboratory

A clear introduction to research peptides: what they are, how they are synthesized and purified, why laboratories use them, and...