Antibodypedia

The Antibodypedia [1] is a new web service intended to provide better data on the usability of anti-protein antibodies. It's currently only limited to human proteins. As of Oct 2008, the website provides standardised results for about 3000 antibodies [2]. The antibodies were tested using Western blot, immunohistochemistry, protein array and immunofluorescence. Submissions are invited and have to pass review. Pages are not editable but scientists can comment on individual antibodies.

Comment

Unfortunately, contacting the authors twice via the contact email address given on the web site has so far not resulted in an answer. I am still wondering whether:

• AntibodypediA will be extended to common model organisms like rodents,..
• an open submission system may result in more submissions

Links

• http://antibodypedia.org/

news pieces describing the service

• "Antibodypedia – a portal for sharing antibody and antigen validation data" by Erik Björling and Mathias Uhlen [3]
• "Antibodypedia - A web portal to share antibody validation data" by Veronique Kiermer [4]