Overview
Introduction
On the pages listed below you can find most common protocols used in the lab as well as a list of lab duties along with the names of the responsible persons. Please, contact the responsible persons if you have any question, suggestions or troubles.
Axolotl
Maintainance
In this section you will find some general information on how to maintain the animals.
Feeding
This section will give you an overview of how to feed the axolotls.
Interesting observations
In the following section you can find some interesting observations concerning the axolotl, its behavior, caveats of the transgenics and many more.
Lab duties
- Antibiotics
- Benzocaine
- Fibronectin
- Gelatine
- Liquid nitrogen
- Primary antibodies
- Secondary antibodies
- Serum heat inactivation
- Autoclave
- Cryostat
- Dissecting microscopes
- Leica confocal microscope
- Vacuum pumps
- Waterbath
- Ordering common stuff
- Heat-shock competent cells
Chemicals
Hardware
General
Protocols
- Blastema cells
- Baculovirus titration
- Myoblasts electroporation
- Adhesive cell culture
- Electroporation of blastema cells
- Electroporation of neural epithelia cells (axolotl spinal cord)
- mESC culture/Cyst formation
- Neurosphere culture
- Double Immunostaining via antigen retrieval (Sherry)
- Metamorphosis protocol (Sherry)
- DNA Digestion (Plasmid)
- RNA Extraction (axolotl tissue)
- RNA formaldehyde gels
- Fluorescence microscopes
- Microinjectors and electroporators and dissecting microscope
- Confocal microscopes
- Cryostats
- Microtome
- Paraffin embedding station
- Axolotl transcriptome website contains the Axolotl transcriptome assemblies
- Newt transcriptome website contains the Newt transcriptome assembly
- Red spotted newt transcriptome website contains the red spotted newt transcriptome assembly
- Axolotl EST database contains several ESTs and also some additional information, e.g. the position of the well with the corresponding insert in the Blastema (BL) or Neural tube (NT) library.
- Short insert cDNA library
- CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE! Axologle database contains expression profiling data of Axolotl limb regeneration
- CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE! Axolotl BLAST database contains several different BLAST-able Axolotl transciptome assemblies
- Visible in the invisible: a movie introducing a new image processing ana analysis technique developed at the MIT.
- Lab photos
- Further pictures can be found in /biodata/groups/crtd_tanaka/LabFun/
- The recepies for Heino's farewell present can be found under /biodata/groups/crtd_tanaka/LabFun/Heino's farewell present/
- The video of the visit of the EU commissioner can be found under /biodata/groups/crtd_tanaka/LabFun/
Cell culture
Histology
Molecular biology
Lab business
Ordering database
Use the following ordering database to place your orders.
Booking calendars
Since some pieces of hardware are used intensively it is necessary to book them in advance. The links to the corresponding booking calendars are listed below.
Genetics
Transgenic lines
Markers
| Marker | Full name | Target | Remarks | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAPI/Hoechst | 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole | Nuclei | Incorporates into the DNA | DAPI, Hoechst |
| PCNA | Proliferating-Cell-Nuclear-Antigen | Dividing cells | PCNA | |
| SOX2 | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 | Preferentially neuronal lineage | Progenitor marker for both spinal cord and brain | SOX2 |
| PAX6 | Paired box protein Pax-6 | Brain/spinal cord | aka aniridia type II protein (AN2) or oculorhombin | PAX6 |
| PAX7 | Paired box protein Pax-7 | Satellite cells/spinal cord/brain | PAX7 | |
| MHC | Myosin heavy chain | Muscle fibers | MHC | |
| MYF5 | Myogenic factor 5 | Myoblasts | Regulates muscle differentiation, labels cycling myoblasts | MYF5 |
| TUBB3 | ßIII-tubulin | Axons | TUBB3 | |
| MBP | Myelin basic protein | Schwann cells | ||
| PRRX1 | Paired mesoderm homeobox protein 1 | Connective tissue progenitors in Limb bud and Limb Blastema | PRRX1 | |
| SMA | Smooth muscle actin | Blood vessels/endothelial cells | ||
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein | Glia | GFAP | |
| NeuN | Feminizing Locus on X-3, Fox-3, or Hexaribonucleotide Binding Protein-3 | Differentiated nerve | NeuN | |
| LEU7/HNK1/B3GAT1/CD57 | Galactosylgalactosylxylosylprotein 3-beta-glucuronosyltransferase 1 | Schwann cells | B3GAT1 | |
| XBRA | Xbrachyury | Mesoderm during gastrula stage | Brachyury | |
| MSX1 | Muscle segment homeobox, Msh homeobox 1 | Undifferentiated cells | Transcriptional repressor during embryogenesis | MSX1 |
| Trypan blue | Dead tissues or cells | Vital stain | Trypan blue | |
| MEF2C | Myocyte-specific enhancer factor 2C | Differentiated muscle cells | aka MADS box transcription enhancer factor 2, polypeptide C | MEF2C |
| PH3 | Phospho-Histone H3 | Mitotic cells | ||
| BrdU | Bromodeoxyuridine | Cells in S-phase | BrdU | |
| CASP3 | Caspase 3 | Dying cells | CASP3 | |
| GDF5 | Growth/differentiation factor 5 | Joints | Joint development marker | GDF5 |
| Survivin | Cleavage furrow | aka baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 or BIRC5 | Survivin | |
| MAP2 | Microtubule-associated protein 2 | Neurons | MAP2 | |
| SOX9 | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 | Cartillage progenitors | SOX9 | |
| MBP | Myelin basic protein | Myelin sheath | MBP |
Digital data
Over the years the members of the lab have produced a lot of different data: Sanger sequences, EST libraries, images and so on. Select a category from the list below in order to view or download the data.
Fileservers
| Location | Volume size | Description | Access | Location (console only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| //biodata/groups/crtd_tanaka | 16 TB | General purpose storage space | Entire Tanaka lab | biocluster: /group/crtd_tanaka |
| //biodata/groups/tanaka-ests | 247 GB | EST sequences | Entire Tanaka lab | biocluster: /group/tanaka-ests |
| //biodata/groups/axolotl-transcriptome | 500 GB | Axolotl transcriptome data | Elly, Sergej | biocluster: /projects/axolotl-transcriptome |
| //biodata/groups/tanaka-saori | 878 GB | Special directory for Saori's data | Elly, Saori, Sergej | biocluster: /group/tanaka-saori |
NOTE: The path is different, when accessing the file server from the console.