Collaborative Robots: Mobile and Adaptable Labmates
The scale and versatility of ‘cobots’ signal a revolution in high-throughput applications, from drug discovery to COVID-19 testing
Brandoch Cook, PhD
Brandoch Cook, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Surgery in New York City. He can be reached at brandoch.cook@gmail.com.
Articles by Brandoch Cook, PhD
Monitoring Environmental Pollutants with Gas Chromatography Techniques
Sampling technique is the foundation for reliable monitoring of environmental pollutants via GC
Medical Cannabis Research: Past, Present, and Future
In this Q&A with contributing writer Brandoch Cook, PhD, Igor Grant, MD, discusses his own background and research, and the present and future of medical cannabis
Cannabis: Greater Consistency through Homogenization
High-pressure homogenizers generate the most consistent and stable cannabis emulsions
Capillary Electrophoresis and the DNA Forensics Renaissance
Capillary electrophoresis has driven improvements in throughput and sensitivity for DNA profiling of short tandem repeats
Flow Cytometry: Fluidics and Versatility in Flow
A flow cytometer has three main functional systems: fluidics, optics, and electronics
Safety and Circumspection in Laboratory Oven Use
The safety features of laboratory convection ovens must coordinate with user responsibility to avoid unnecessary dangers
Informatics Approaches to In Silico Drug Discovery
Revolutionary approaches to drug discovery aided by informatics and guided toward precision medicine have helped bring new drug approvals back to pre-1996 levels
The Third Wave of Next-Generation Sequencing
The future of both broad genomic coverage and small-scale enrichment may lie in a third generation of sequencing
Laboratory Casework: The Advantages of Mobile Workspaces
Laboratories can adapt easier to evolving objectives and instrumentation with mobile workspaces