--- author: Sam White toc-title: Contents toc-depth: 5 toc-location: left date: 2009-04-02 23:49:49+00:00 layout: post slug: rna-isolation-abalone-digestive-gland-samples title: RNA Isolation - Abalone digestive gland samples categories: - 2009 - Miscellaneous tags: - '08:3' - '08:4' - black abalone - Dg - digestive gland - Haliotis cracherodii - NanoDrop1000 - RNA isolation - RNA PowerSoil Kit - RNA quantification --- Total RNA was isolated from the following abalone digestive gland samples using the RNA Powersoil Kit, according to their protocol: 08:3-17 08:3-18 08:4-2 08:4-3 08:4-4 08:4-5 08:4-7 08:4-8 08:4-11 Notes: 08:4-5 took hours to wash the column. 08:4-4 ended up with a dark RNA pellet and the reuspended RNA is discolored (brown-ish). ![](https://eagle.fish.washington.edu/Arabidopsis/RNA%20Spec%20Readings/20090402%20RNA%20SJW.jpg) ![](https://eagle.fish.washington.edu/Arabidopsis/RNA%20Spec%20Readings/20090403%20RNA%20SJW.jpg) Results: All the RNA looks good except for 08:4-4, but that isn't surprising (see note above). Samples were stored @ -80C in the boxes from which the tissue samples came.