How to quantify gel bands in imageJ | common quantification mistake

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
  • This tutorial shows the process of gel bands quantification in ImageJ. The quantification process is the same for western blot protein bands. In the last part of the tutorial, I troubleshoot the common quantification mistake that you might encounter during the quantification. Such a mistake can lead to a wrong quantification value, whereby a band with the lowest intensity can give a higher value.
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  • @olalukmanganiyu3425
    @olalukmanganiyu3425 2 года назад +4

    This is the most helpful video of all i have watched today. Thanks a lot!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Glad you liked it, thanks for watching

  • @t0rchbearer
    @t0rchbearer Год назад +2

    Thank you so much! This video is very helpful. I used it to quantify my gel electrophoresis bands from CRISPR deletions.

    • @t0rchbearer
      @t0rchbearer Год назад +1

      also you've earned my subscription! Keep making more content like this!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      You're welcome, I'm delighted you found it useful.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +1

      Thanks for subscribing

  • @girlcode3564
    @girlcode3564 Год назад +2

    Your video was very helpful, thank you.

  • @isabellephieler3329
    @isabellephieler3329 3 месяца назад +1

    very helpful!
    thank u for the tutorial! :)

  • @manikrpc
    @manikrpc 2 года назад +2

    Thanks! Well explained!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Glad it was helpful! thanks for watching

  • @joyzhou8179
    @joyzhou8179 2 года назад +2

    Thank you very much for the video! It help me a lot.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Hi Joy, I'm glad you found it useful. thanks for your kind feedback

  • @addysnunez6629
    @addysnunez6629 Год назад +1

    Thank you, for this tutorial This is very helpful!!

  • @judith4294
    @judith4294 7 месяцев назад

    thanks for the helpful video. how report the intensity in what units? and do you know how to perform the analysis if i perform a qualitative rt pcr, where i have my bands for the control gene and the interest gene in samples control and treatment? thanks in advance.

  • @jasonwang9528
    @jasonwang9528 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for your video! It is really helpful!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      You're welcome, glad you found it useful

  • @cc-vd3oq
    @cc-vd3oq 2 года назад +2

    fantastic video! Thank you for making it!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      It's a pleasure. Thanks for your kind comment

  • @ritasm5843
    @ritasm5843 3 года назад +4

    thanks for the tutorial🙏

  • @wukki99
    @wukki99 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you this is very helpful for me who is the first to use. :>

  • @hudsonalakonya6808
    @hudsonalakonya6808 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      It's a pleasure 🙏
      Thanks for watching 🙂

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    @abayomiadeleke7765 Год назад +1

    This accent is so soothing. Thank you! 😀

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      Glad you think so!

    • @job506
      @job506 Год назад +1

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    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +1

      Hi JOB

    • @job506
      @job506 Год назад

      @@AliceritaE Hi my sister.

  • @studentIndia-on3en
    @studentIndia-on3en Год назад +1

    You are awesome.thanks

  • @bismagulzar9959
    @bismagulzar9959 Год назад +2

    Thank you so much for this vedio
    Love from Kashmir #

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +1

      You're welcome Bisma, greetings from England

  • @ebunabeke6094
    @ebunabeke6094 3 года назад +4

    informative as usual

  • @francescosilvestro2092
    @francescosilvestro2092 Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot.

  • @kinkpelionel3287
    @kinkpelionel3287 2 года назад +1

    Thank you a lot

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +1

      yes you can quanitfy with the same method. You just need to measure the control sample in the same way and then use it to measure the ration of your protein to control

  • @user-nl3on6bo4v
    @user-nl3on6bo4v 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for your video. Your sample picture is clean. What should I do to deal with dirty background? Some background area is even stronger than the band.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Draw an ROI on thr background and measure it.
      Then go to PROCESS/Math/Subtract (enter the value from the ROI that you measure) then click okay.
      This step should remove the background

  • @firebolt8907
    @firebolt8907 3 года назад +2

    Informative video... 👍
    #AVMCreations

  • @Jessica-xw1rb
    @Jessica-xw1rb 2 года назад +1

    Hello, can i use this method to estimate the mass of the band and does this method take into account of background readings?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +2

      this method unifies the background readings for all the samples (provided the same paramerters was used). By mass, do you mean the molecular weight? I found a guide eon Bio-RAD www.bio-rad.com/webroot/web/pdf/lsr/literature/Bulletin_6210.pdf

    • @Jessica-xw1rb
      @Jessica-xw1rb 2 года назад +1

      Alicerita
      Thank you so much 😊

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      You're welcome 😊

  • @user-mx8ph4no8b
    @user-mx8ph4no8b Год назад +1

    hello,thank you for your video.I am wondering when I select the second lane,it automatically goes back to the fist line position.How could I do,I can choose next lane?Thank you

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      Hi Yuxin,
      After you have selected the first lane and marked it as first, when you move it to the second lane, you need to mark it as next until you get to the last one.

  • @yulywu4359
    @yulywu4359 2 года назад +3

    Hi. Thanks for the great video! May I bring up a question? Is the area measuring the size of the bands or their signal intensity? Thanks!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +4

      Hello! The measurement is for the intensity

    • @yulywu4359
      @yulywu4359 2 года назад +2

      @@AliceritaE Thank you so much for the clarifications!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +3

      You're welcome 😊

  • @oghenefegorimieye4380
    @oghenefegorimieye4380 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video! Please how do I duplicate the rectangle. When I try it just starts a new rectangle

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  11 месяцев назад +1

      Hello, you can click on crtl + D to duplicate the rectangle.

    • @oghenefegorimieye4380
      @oghenefegorimieye4380 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@AliceritaE thank you! I tried that, it works for the first 2 lanes (,2,3) but after that it makes the lane I marked as 3 and tried to duplicate become a black box and then 3 moves over

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  11 месяцев назад

      That's strange! The bands have to be in the same lane. If you change the lane, that may happen.
      I will troubleshoot tomorrow and record a new video if the process has changed.

  • @makchitgaladima6620
    @makchitgaladima6620 2 года назад +1

    Hi, I have a western blot image that is so faint on an x-ray film. After plotting the bands, the resulting images were kind of zigzag with no specific peak but several. How do I get to the area?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Hello Makchit,
      You can try to enhance the gel image. Go to imageJ
      PROCESS// ENHANCE CONTRAST
      then try plotting the area again

    • @makchitgaladima6620
      @makchitgaladima6620 Год назад +1

      @@AliceritaE Okay, I will get back to you, thank you.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      You're welcome 😊

  • @lamiachowdhury4636
    @lamiachowdhury4636 Год назад +1

    Hello! May I know what format the image of the gel should be in? Does Jpeg work? Also, does the same process apply to gel electrophoresis results?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      Hi Lamia, the Gel image can be in any formats

    • @alikivasilakou6145
      @alikivasilakou6145 Год назад +1

      Hello! I was wondering the same, could we use this method for gel electrophoresis results?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +1

      Hi Aliki, yes you can use this method. The image I used in the tutorial is jpeg, it can also be tiff, it doesn't matter.

    • @alikivasilakou6145
      @alikivasilakou6145 Год назад +1

      @@AliceritaE thank you!!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      You're welcome

  • @sagirmustapha1828
    @sagirmustapha1828 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for the video, please how can we use excel to calculate and plot using graph pad prism, please???

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      I will prepare a tutorial at the weekend to address this. mote people have asked this question

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +1

      Hi @SAGIR
      I founf a tutorial that explains the calculation very well. Here is a link to watch it. ruclips.net/video/5sv75Ejiuc4/видео.html

  • @aniebietessienpgs6903
    @aniebietessienpgs6903 2 года назад +1

    what version of image j did you use here?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Hi Aniebiet, My versionis currently v1.53i. There is a new update for v1.53k, which I will install later

  • @user-lh6pu8wx1j
    @user-lh6pu8wx1j Год назад +1

    Fantastic video, thanks!! I am trying to do the same but when I select the second lane (going horizontally), it automatically goes back to a vertical position. How can I force it to go horizontally?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      Hi Lydia, by default, the peak measurement data for gel quantification is given as a long vertical graphs.

  • @2women88
    @2women88 2 года назад +4

    very useful video, thank you very much, do you know how to do the further excel calculations and graph, please?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      First normalise your data by using by using smallest value to divide all the samples. To get the first ratio.
      To get the second ratio, divide the protein of interest by the reference sample (use the value of ratio one)

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      There is a tutorial online, here is the link ruclips.net/video/9fipZozYuos/видео.html

    • @2women88
      @2women88 2 года назад +1

      @@AliceritaE I really appreciate your help and reply, but my supervisor want the mean and mean reciprocal method for quantification which I could not find until now !

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +1

      Did you check out yhe link i sent to you. the lady calculated the mean.

    • @2women88
      @2women88 2 года назад +1

      @@AliceritaE yeah, I checked it and it is different from what I should do 😓

  • @kinkpelionel3287
    @kinkpelionel3287 2 года назад +1

    thanks
    Alice I would love your help in my research
    I don't know how to contact you. Your video has enlightened me a lot on certain points.

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      You're so welcome!
      I am glad you found it useful. you can contact me via e-mail of linkedln from my youtube profile

    • @kinkpelionel3287
      @kinkpelionel3287 2 года назад +1

      @@AliceritaEok thank you for your reply.
      Blessing.
      May I have your email, please?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      alice4all42@gmail.com

  • @brookestem1513
    @brookestem1513 8 месяцев назад +1

    What do I do once I have the area to find the protein concentration?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  8 месяцев назад

      If you follow the video, you will get the value of the protein concentration. You need to do some calculations using the blade of the control to work out the ratio of the protein.

  • @LaboratoriumFarmasiTerpadu
    @LaboratoriumFarmasiTerpadu Год назад +1

    is it possible to rotate the lane to see pick of my gel?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      It might be possible. Give it a try

  • @Shaylen721
    @Shaylen721 2 года назад

    How do you duplicate on the keyboard when you make the first square? Because they have to be the same size

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      Press T

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад

      It added the location to a ROI manager from which you can then click on it to paste it on the new images.
      Keyboard shortcut
      T to save ROI to a manager
      Shift + Control + E to paste

  • @dianaa.valencia3910
    @dianaa.valencia3910 2 года назад +1

    Does it matter the image type? I mean 8, 16, 32 bit ??

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  2 года назад +1

      no, it doesn't matter. Converting to 8 bit helps to convert shaded or coloured gel into black and white image.

  • @hiranasir2069
    @hiranasir2069 10 месяцев назад +1

    Mam how do you move these plots downward so you can draw a separate line in each peak? please tell me

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  10 месяцев назад +1

      You can press the down arrow key in your keyboard to move to the next peak.

    • @hiranasir2069
      @hiranasir2069 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@AliceritaE yes mam am trying but its not working i don't know why

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  10 месяцев назад +1

      I'll check tomorrow morning

  • @hiranasir2069
    @hiranasir2069 10 месяцев назад +1

    Mam my image is an RGB color. Is it ok or should I convert it into a grayscale image?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  10 месяцев назад +1

      Please convert it to 8bit image first

  • @hafiezlukmandwiputro3599
    @hafiezlukmandwiputro3599 Год назад +1

    How to duplicated the rectangle?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/KjYoro4wPM4/видео.html

  • @makchitgaladima6620
    @makchitgaladima6620 Год назад +1

    Hi, my question is how do I quantify proteins on X-ray films

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +1

      HellO MAKCHIT, You need to scan the xray film to a digital photo format. And then follow the steps I used in the tutorial to quantify your protein.

    • @makchitgaladima6620
      @makchitgaladima6620 Год назад +1

      @@AliceritaE Yes, that has been done and followed the tutorial. I plotted the lanes but the peaks were not giving me appreciable values, so I tried densitometry where I calculated the ratio of the protein on x-ray film: the value of total protein on each lane on SDS gel stained with Coomassie. Do you think I have done the right thing?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      the ratio measurement is corrrect. did you include a control in your analysis. that gives extra detail regarding about the sample

  • @lucpas157
    @lucpas157 Год назад +2

    lines disappear, any solutions?

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +2

      You mean the line from thr plot disappeared. Try and repeat the step

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад +2

      Any luck?

    • @lucpas157
      @lucpas157 Год назад +1

      @@AliceritaE Problem solved, thank you

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  Год назад

      Excellent

  • @carlinlapo
    @carlinlapo 9 месяцев назад +1

    8 minutes to only mention that the line should touch wtf

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  9 месяцев назад

      You're welcome!

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  9 месяцев назад +2

      If you have gone through the comment section, you would have seen that it's more than just drawing a single line. But to each one their own 😏

    • @carlinlapo
      @carlinlapo 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@AliceritaE I just meant that I expected more troubleshooting according to the title, a bit clickbaity hahaha but nice video

    • @AliceritaE
      @AliceritaE  9 месяцев назад

      @carlinlapo you're the first to call the video a click bait.
      The video tutorial cannot accommodate everyone's curiosity. It provides the basic into gel quantification.
      If you're working with western blot gel, you need further steps and which you can do by yourself if you have the equation for the quantification.

    • @carlinlapo
      @carlinlapo 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@AliceritaE that's what genius do, be the first one to discover something !! 😀