Experimental Resources

Info & instructions on how to use the Volen autoclaves & dishwasher.

Recipes for common buffers used in the lab.

Common cable equations.

Info about our cold room.

Resources & instructions for doing Cancer & Homarus STNS dissections.

Info & protocols to do dye fills.

Common electrode filling solutions & recipes.

Locations to access old electrophysiology data from the lab & how to analyze new data using Crabsort.

Info about how to dispose of Hazardous Waste at Brandeis.

Useful diagrams & images relating to the Cancer & Homarus STNS.

Resources & protocols for performing immuno.

General guidelines for keeping a neuroscience related lab notebook (experimental or computational).

How to make your own Peltier-based saline chiller.

How to make different types of electrodes for electrophysiology experiments.

A fluorescent confocal microscopy guide & fluorescence spectra.

Info about the lab's Milli-Q Academic water system.

Info & protocols about common modulators & toxins used in the lab.

Common molecular protocols used in the lab.

Useful references for STNS research.

General info about our electrophysiology rigs & dissection area & protocols for performing experiments.

A variety of physiological saline recipes that are used in the lab.

The almighty STG guidebooks (for several species) courtesy of the NJIT STG Lab.

Recipes for making different kinds of Sylgard plates for electrophysiology experiments.

Resources regarding how to maintain fresh & saltwater aquariums & our animal facilities.

Recipe & protocols for making vaseline syringes & tips.

A general guide to our workbench, its components & tools, & how to do common tasks.