March 2014
Volume 46, Number 2
A multiplexed assay provides the means to profile miRNA in all species across a wide range of starting materials. An article on statistical outliers stresses the importance of identifying a subset of methods that can be utilized in the treatment of outliers. Also included is a paper on translational science.
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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
The prior 39 symposia in the HPLC series span 40 years and global locations in Asia, Europe, and North America, but this was the first in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Heidi Fleischer, Ellen Vorberg, Mareike Warkentin, Kerstin Thurow
Various species of methacrylates are widely used in dentistry as filling materials. These consist mainly of an organic matrix, based on a monomer system of methacrylates and inorganic additives.
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Mark Santos
From the discovery of new miRNAs to clarifying their biological roles and utility as biomarkers, micro RNA (miRNA)-based research is undergoing a period of change. Rigorous methods are therefore ...
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Tristan Berto
The traditional “scales of justice” represent truth and fairness. For the scientific community, the balance is between big data (terabytes of data across numerous databases) on one scale and ...
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Steven Walfish
Statistical outlier identification and remediation is a topic that has caused issues in almost every laboratory. There are many causes of outliers, including measurement error, sampling error, ...
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Caitlin Smith
An environmental test chamber is a valuable tool to use when environmental conditions need to be simulated. Also known as environmental simulation chambers, they measure the wear-and-tear of simulated...
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Tanya Knaide
Handheld air-displacement pipets are used in virtually every laboratory around the world. The technique and skills of individual pipet operators are critical to the accuracy of results of liquid ...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Lina Genovesi
Sonicators, also known as lab ultrasonic homogenizers, are utilized for the sonication of small laboratory samples. They find application in the degassing of liquids, removal of viruses from tissues ...
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