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BioTek launched a Why I Need a BioTek Epoch For My Lab video contest on July 12. Break out your video cameras for a chance to win their Epoch Multi-Volume Spectrophotometer System.
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In late July, Physics Professor Rajarshi Roy, Math Professor Brian Hunt, and three Maryland graduate students (Adam Cohen, Bhargava Ravoori and Shelby Wilson) will head for Cameroon and the University of Buea (Buea is the provincial capital of the South West Region of Cameroon). They're expanding Maryland's Global Community by taking part in an international "table top research" program on the frontiers of science. The goal is to help graduate students and young faculty in developing nations conduct scientific research without using expensive equipment.
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As a lab manager, learn how leaders create openness to change. By discovering why change is inherently difficult for most people, this webcast will help participants better deal with change and help others to move forward as well.
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BioFocus announced July 12 that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have extended their agreement for the operation of the Molecular Libraries Small Molecule Repository (MLSMR) through December 2012. According to the terms of this agreement, BioFocus will be
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Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory, and have demonstrated how one of these disease-fighting proteins accomplishes this feat. According to the scientists, these antibodies could be used to design improved HIV vaccines, or could be further developed to prevent or treat HIV infection. Moreover, the method used to find these antibodies could be applied to isolate therapeutic antibodies for other infectious diseases as well.
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Infrared spectroscopy has long been recognized as a selective and sensitive technique, however, with current benchtop infrared spectrometers, it is often necessary to remove a sample from a large object.
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At first, nanoshocks may seem like something to describe the millions of aftershocks of a large earthquake. But Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicists are using an ultra-fast laser-based technique they dubbed "nanoshocks" for something entirely different. In fact, the "nanoshocks" have such a small spatial scale that scientists can use them to study shock behavior in tiny samples such as thin films or other systems with microscopic dimensions (a few tens of micrometers).
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To understand the complex stages of an embryo, you cannot simply watch it grow. However, it's difficult to accurately observe such fine, complex and high-speed details, even under the microscope. New technical feats now make it possible to capture fruit fly development on video, as well as clear images on how a zebrafish's eyes and midbrain are formed.
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Research funding at the University of California, San Diego surpassed $1 billion for the first time in the universitys 50-year history, the Office of Research Affairs has announced.
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Epigenetic modifications are defined as heritable information other than nucleotide sequences (1) that have the ability to control how and when transcription takes place. DNA methylation and secondary DNA structures such as DNA Gquadruplexes are among the epigenetic modifications currently under study because of their common associations with cancer (1,2).
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In laboratories worldwide, household refrigerators are pressed into duties they were not designed to fulfill. When these units operate inconsistently or fail, consequences can range from inconvenient to costly to dangerous.
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The Optimiser incorporates microfluidic geometries to maximize the efficiency of assay reactions. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the Optimiser with view of one cell. For operation, reagents are sequentially added to the loading well, drawn into the channel by capillary forces and excess drawn out by absorbent pad.
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Weights are a tricky subject. To be certain you have the right equipment for the job, consider the following during your next weight or weight-set purchase.
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For more than three decades, ORNL's Shared Research Equipment (SHaRE) User Facility has provided researchers from universities, industry and other national laboratories with two unique commodities: access to an unmatched array of state-of-the-art electron microscopes and collaboration with a highly skilled staff of scientists.
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Education and outreach were given equal time at a recent symposium at Brookhaven Lab, sponsored by the National User Facilities Organization (NUFO) as part of its three-day annual meeting. Although speakers agreed that there are challenges to be met in both areas, the good news is that there are plenty of opportunities for young people seeking formal training in the sciences and anyone in search of a better understanding of scientific issues and advances.
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