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Bringing the Cell Image into Focus
Nov 2 2010
Improvements in transmission electron microscope (TEM) technology increase the power of this imaging tool for the study of cell biology.
Finding a Cure for Spinal Cord Injury with On-Demand LIMS
Oct 25 2010
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis finds an on-demand laboratory information management system (LIMS) helps to accelerate discovery in its HCS projects.
Saving Cells: Image Processing for Improved Viability, Part II: Iterative Deconvolution
3D light microscopy and deconvolution provide a means to investigate 3D structure, providing near-confocal quality images without the temporal requirements or potentially damaging phototoxicity associated with other 3D imaging technologies. This article is Part II in a series regarding viability, resolution improvement, and measurement in fluorescence imaging. Part I focused on spectral unmixing.
Saving Cells: Image Processing for Improved Viability
Sep 22 2010
This article is Part I of a two-part series regarding viability, resolution improvement, and measurement in fluorescence imaging. Part II will focus on deconvolution.
Evaluation of a New Nano-Type UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Mar 3
Analysis of one- to four-microliter size samples for nucleic acids has become routine in many life science laboratories. However, until now, available instruments require considerable manipulation of the instrument and sample; some require manually recording the data. The user must typically lower and raise the arm manually, then wipe the sample manually from the target after each analysis. And fiberoptics used in some of these instruments are subject to deterioration.
Production of Recombinant Proteins and Monoclonal Antibodies in Hollow Fiber Bioreactors
Jan 25
While well-understood, robust and convenient, classical batch-style 2-D culture on non-porous supports or 3-D suspension culture in other devices are really not very biologically relevant models. Cell culture conditions can affect the quality of the antibody or protein produced.
Selecting Robots for Use in Drug Discovery and Testing
Dec 6 2010
Drug discovery and testing, with their need for speed, repeatability and verification, are ideally suited to benefit from robot automation. It is therefore not surprising that robots have been at the forefront of automation developments in both these areas.
HP Scalable Network Storage Systems for Life Sciences
Sep 13 2010
Life sciences research today is advancing exponentially, each step bringing us closer to the realization of truly personalized medicine–preventive care and treatments designed specifically for each individual. In the near future, PCPGM healthcare researchers expect to be able to use predictive genetic testing to create custom treatment plans for individuals and deliver dramatic improvements over today’s one-size-fits-all approach. But research capabilities are only part of the equation; current storage and operating capacities must also evolve to accommodate ever-expanding amounts of data before the goal of personalized medicine can be realized.
Using the Tecan Genesis Workstation to Automate a Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) Immunoassay
Mar 11 2010
The poster describe the process involved in automating a Cytometric Bead Array (CBA) immunoassay developed to measure relative concentrations of serum antibodies against Tetanus (TT), Sperm Whale Myoglobin (SWM) and Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) in KLH-immunized volunteers.
Ensuring Quality in Assays Performed with Automated Liquid Handlers
Feb 2 2010
The focus of this presentation is to highlight the need of ensuring quality in important assays performed with automated liquid handlers. Nearly all assays performed within a laboratory are volume-dependent. In turn, all concentrations of biological and chemical components in these assays, as well as the associated dilution protocols, are volume-dependent. Because analyte concentration is volume-dependent, an assay’s results might be falsely interpreted if liquid handler variability and inaccuracies are unknown or if the system(s) go unchecked for a long period.
Inkjet System for Protein Crystallography
Feb 1 2010
X-ray crystallography is used routinely by scientists to obtain the three dimensional structure of a biological molecule of interest.Such information can be used to determine how a pharmaceutical interacts with a protein target and what changes might improve functionality. However, the crystallization of macromolecules still remains a serious hindrance in structural determination despite impressive advances in screening methods and technologies.
Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity in a Drosophila Memory Mutant
Nov 9 2009
Action selection is modulated by external stimuli either directly or via memory retrieval. In a constantly changing environment, animals have evolved attention-like processes to effectively filter the incoming sensory stream. These attention-like processes, in turn, are modulated by memory. The neurobiological nature of how attention, action selection and memory are inter-connected is unknown. We describe here new phenotypes of the memory mutant radish in the fruit fly Drosophila.
Bone metabolic activity in hyperostosis cranialis interna measured with 18F-fluoride PET
3 hours ago
PURPOSE: (18)F-Fluoride PET/CT is a relatively undervalued diagnostic test to measure bone metabolism in bone diseases. Hyperostosis cranialis interna (HCI) is a (hereditary) bone disease characterised by endosteal hyperostosis and osteosclerosis of the skull...
Analyses of phenotypic and functional characteristics of CX3CR1-expressing natural killer cells
11 hours ago
Summary We previously demonstrated a correlation between the frequency of CX3CR1-expressing human natural killer (NK) cells and disease activity in multiple sclerosis and showed that CX3CR1(high) NK cells were more cytotoxic than their CX3CR1(neg/low)...
Identification and characterization of a bioactive lantibiotic produced by Staphylococcus warneri (82)
12 hours ago
Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used as agricultural biopesticide for a long time. As a producing strain, B. thuringiensis subsp. chinensis strain CT-43 has high toxin to lepidopterous and dipterous insects. It can form various parasporal crystals consisting of...
Identification and characterization of a bioactive lantibiotic produced by Staphylococcus warneri (81)
13 hours ago
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Prokariotic Cell Collection in Denmark
Nov 6 2009
I would like to know about a prokariotic cell collection in Denmark. Is there a cell bank in this country? I need a Lactobacillus strain for a fermentation assay and this information about the bank is very helpful for me.
Request for Entries
Oct 16 2009
Ask the Experts is your chance to get the answers to questions on applications, materials, methods, processes, and technologies. Email you question to bst_web@advantagemedia.com, and the editors of Bioscience Technology will find an appropriate expert to answer it. Watch this space in the future to see the questions your colleagues are posting.
Professor composes ‘perfect’ Eurovision song
FDA clears first new hepatitis C drug in 20 years
22 hours ago
Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Community Health Systems, Inc.
Universal Health exchange offer on notes expires
May 13
Alimera makes new request for approval of eye drug
Regulators clear Kindred's purchase of RehabCare
BioCurex Subsidiary Continues Marketing Expansion of its RECAF Test in Asia
May 13 | News
Agilent Technologies Announces Winner of Third Annual Early Career Professor Award
DNA2.0 Opens Gene Marketplace
May 12 | News
Polyplus-transfection and ExcellGene Enter Into A Supply Agreement for PEI-based Transfection Reagents
GT Life Sciences Receives Issuance of U.S. Patent on Core Computational Systems and Methods for Genomic-based Metabolic Modeling
Cell Biosciences Announces Issuance of Three US Patents
May 10 | News
Myriad Genetics Licenses Novel Technology From Chronix Biomedical
Unpaid carers save £119 billion a year
May 12
Materials Chemistry scheme goes nationwide
May 10
University to host powerful international event
May 8
No safety in numbers for moths and butterflies
11 hours ago | News
University and pharmaceutical industry create centre for inflammation research
Experts to tackle social mobility in Westminster
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Viewing SureFocus Slides
Jun 11 2010
A demonstration of SureFocus Microscope Slides in the review of AFB Smears. SureFocus Slides are a patent-pending breakthrough in tuberculosis detection, as their fluorescent staining circle remains visible during review, Fluorescence Microscopy.
Allen Institute for Brain Research
Oct 14 2009
Discussed in this interview are both the mouse brain project and the human cortex project with an emphasis on the importance of these projects to neuroscience research.