September 2013
Volume 45, Number 8
Researchers who perform NGS and aCGH assays with formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples will benefit from the genomic DNA analysis system described here. Also in this issue is an article on advances in instrumentation for measuring viscosity and yield stress, and an article on Raman imaging of graphenes.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The proliferation of forensic DNA testing and databases by state and local jurisdictions was recently reported by Joseph Goldstein in The New York Times. For years, the FBI’s combined indexing system ...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Heidi Fleischer, Kerstin Thurow
Even in minor concentrations, elemental mercury and inorganic and organic bound mercury can have harmful biological effects on organisms. Mercury
and other toxic elements can enter the environment
...
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Donna McDade Walker
Assessing the quality and quantity of genomic DNA is a crucial step before next-generation sequencing (NGS) and DNA microarrays—for example, array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH)—in
such ...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tim Batten
Raman spectroscopy probes the vibrations
(phonons) in a material. These phonons are characteristic of a given material and allow its chemical and structural properties to be investigated.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Robert G. McGregor
The electronics revolution within the instrumentation
industry has continued at an extraordinary pace, as can be seen with the many recent improvements in display technology and “smart” operating ...
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Caitlin Smith
Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography, or UHPLC, is faster and provides higher resolution compared to conventional HPLC. This article discusses UHPLC operation, from sample through detection, ...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Larry Gallagher
In many research and pharmaceutical facilities,
there are requirements for delivering carbon dioxide gas for cell culture incubator applications or bioreactor operations. For large-scale operations, ...
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Youyuan Peng
A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film was fabricated using an electropolymerization technique after depositing carboxyl-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) onto a glassy carbon ...
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Katriona Scoffin
Viscometers find application in the food and beverage, materials science, and chemicals industries, among others. The applications and uses of viscometers are many and varied. This article aims to ...
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Imre Berger, Maxime Chaillet, Frederic Garzoni, Sinyee Yau-Rose, Barney Zoro
Key protein complexes are fundamental to a wide range of cellular processes and key metabolic pathways within the body. Their dysfunction is associated with a range of disease pathologies such as ...
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