Blot Smarter, Not Harder.

Live webinar series with practical advice to get the best results from your western blots​

Blot Talk - The IgGs of March​

Live Show

Mar 25
Tue 9:00 AM PST

Join us for this month's session of Blot Talk!​

​In this one-hour webinar, Bio-Rad's Western Blotting specialists will guide you through:

  • Real-world troubleshooting: We’ll analyze and resolve blots submitted by participants.
  • New techniques and best practices: Stay ahead with the latest advancements in western blotting.
  • Live Q&A: Get expert answers to your toughest questions.

Whether you're troubleshooting faint bands or simply looking to stay updated on the latest advancements in western blotting, Blot Talk is your ultimate resource for achieving sharper, clearer results.​

Register today to secure your spot. ​

Speaker Name

Kenneth Oh, PhD
Global Marketing Manager

Kenneth Oh earned his PhD in bioorganic chemistry at UC Santa Barbara, where he synthesized fluorescence‑based peptide beacons that measured nucleic acid and protein binding events. Upon graduation, he co‑founded a biotech company that re‑engineered virus capsids that served as a drug delivery platform. At Bio‑Rad, he manages the electrophoresis and western blotting product portfolio.

Speaker Name

Sahel Mohebbi, PhD
Proteomics Field Application Scientist

Sahel Mohebbi earned her Ph.D. in Bioinorganic chemistry from the University of Georgia, where she focused on the spectroscopic characterization of metalloenzymes and biological iron-sulfur centers. She unraveled a unique function for a novel iron-sulfur storage protein and developed a new pathway for [Fe-S] cluster assembly on recipient proteins. Upon graduation, she joined an immunology and cancer biology research group at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, focusing on the effect of diet and micro-nutrition on immune response, gut microbiota, and liver cancer development. She represents Bio‑Rad as the Proteomics Field Application Scientist specializing in Western Blotting, Bio‑Plex Immunoassays, and Chromatography.

Speaker Name

Nik Chmiel, PhD
R&D Associate Director

Nik earned his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Utah, where he studied DNA Repair enzymes involved in the Base Excision Repair pathway. After graduation, he moved west for a postdoc at UC Berkeley studying RNA splicing mechanisms. Nik joined Bio-Rad as a Senior Scientist in 2007 and has contributed to the development of many notable products, including the Trans-Blot Turbo, the NGC Chromatography Platform and the “Go” imaging systems (both GelDoc and ChemiDoc). Currently, he leads a group of scientists involved in the development of products across the Protein Quantitation, Purification, Gene Expression and Cell Biology spaces.

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Want us to troubleshoot your blot?

To participate, upload an image of your blot along with an explanation of your experimental conditions in the Bio-Rad Academy Western Blotting Community. You'll need to register for one of our free Western Blotting courses to gain access to the community.

We'll be picking blots to troubleshoot during our live webinars directly from these posts.

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