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Peek behind the paper: A simplified and rapid in situ hybridization protocol for planarians

Written by Andrew Gaetano Ryan King

Andrew Gaetano (left) is a recent graduate of St. Norbert College (WI, USA) and was involved in molecular biology and genetics research with Ryan King. In his final year in the King Lab, he was working to optimize in situ hybridization for time and efficiency and developed a protocol that was recently published in BioTechniques, which he discusses in this ‘Peek behind paper’. Currently, Andrew is pursuing a career in medicine. Ryan King (right) is an Associate Professor at St. Norbert College. His major research interest includes using planarian protonephridia as a model system for studying organ regeneration and kidney...

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