Guides & Resources
Choose a guide for the task on your bench or in your records. You can convert units, calculate solution concentration, check a material’s identity or trace a certificate to its lot. For a particular vial, use its own specification and lot documentation.
Calculate concentration or convert units
If you know the material mass and final solution volume, use the Concentration Calculator for mg/mL. A mol/L result also needs the molar mass of the same chemical form. If the question is how to express a value in another unit, start with Unit Conversions.
Understand the material
| Task | Resource |
|---|---|
| Start with peptide terminology | What are peptides? |
| Find a molecular name or alias | Compound index |
| Compare identities or formulations | Compound comparisons |
| Check a term in a report | Glossary |
Use names, sequences and CAS identifiers to resolve a name on a document. The melanocortin receptor guide covers receptor terminology. If you are looking at a vial of dried material, use the lyophilised material guide to interpret the fill and appearance terms on the label.
Read the evidence
| Task | Resource |
|---|---|
| Separate identity, purity and content | Identity, purity and assay |
| Understand analytical methods | Testing methods |
| Connect a certificate to received material | Certificate-to-container matching |
| Request the actual lot record | Batch documentation |
Laboratory preparation and handling records
| Your question | Where to start |
|---|---|
| Which records do I need before preparing a research material? | Preparing lyophilised research material covers the chemical form, mass basis and applicable instructions. |
| The material is difficult to dissolve. What should I check? | Preparation troubleshooting helps distinguish the observation from a suspected cause. Use the solvent guide for material-specific compatibility questions. |
| How do I document portions and later handling? | Freeze-thaw cycles and aliquoting covers portion history. Use the research batch and lot log to connect each portion to its source. |
| What should I record about the container? | Packaging and closures covers container condition. The multi-entry container guide covers laboratory access records. |
| Which storage condition or excursion record applies? | Storage and stability covers the material-specific evidence. For an unexpected exposure, record what is known using the temperature excursion guide. |
Buy, receive and keep records
Before purchase, use research procurement for evidence requirements and the research catalogue for the listed presentation. After receipt, the storage directory includes a guide to dry material storage records. The research tools directory brings the calculator and record templates together.
For an existing order, order and technical support routes you to the right place for a missing document, delivery question or quality concern.
Use the research references below to follow an experiment or a molecular comparison. Their findings concern the material and experimental conditions described. They do not provide personal administration instructions.
Find a more specific guide
Procurement and supplier records
- Compare UK research peptide suppliers against the same evidence requirements.
- Research material procurement checklist for the buyer’s own assessment.
- Supplier qualification for documents to request from Knockout Labs. The policy directory covers eligibility and product classification.
Molecular structures and methods
- Peptides, proteins and amino acids for the underlying terminology.
- Solid-phase peptide synthesis for synthesis-related impurity questions.
- Receptor agonists and selectivity for interpreting binding, potency and efficacy in an assay.
- Half-life modification for DAC, acylation and conjugation.
- Copper-binding peptides and metal complexes for metal coordination and complex identity.
Research by compound
- Mitochondrial-derived peptides, NAD+ metabolism and glutathione redox chemistry for distinct questions about mitochondrial signalling and metabolites.
- Pineal peptides and telomere research for the reported findings and their limits.
- ARA-290 and the innate repair receptor for the origins of this research programme.
- Thymosin beta-4 and actin binding and alpha-MSH and KPV for the constructs and sequences used in each research lineage.