A variety of cell line characterization methods have been useful in the detection of cross-contamination and/or misidentification of cell lines. These include karyotyping, isoenzyme analysis, DNA properties, viral susceptibility, and specific antigenicity.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced a substantial gift from the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation to endow a bilateral scientific forum to be operated jointly by NAS and the Royal Society in London.
A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists a better understanding of how evolution occurs at the molecular level.
Polymathic Analytical Labs will present a free webinar entitled, "Polymer Characterization: Thermal Analysis." Presented by Chris Given, Laboratory Manager of Polymathic Analytical Labs, the webinar will be held September 17th at 1:00pm (EDT).
Two research institutions are working together to tackle the role of aerosols in climate change -- specifically how aerosols from pollution, oceans and wildfires contribute to shifting weather.
Biologists and mathematicians from around the world will take part in a new institute dedicated to bringing top researchers together to find creative solutions to pressing problems in both scientific fields.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a fundamental shift in an enzymes function that could help expand the toolbox for engineering biofuels and other plant-based oil products.