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Monday, September 16, 2024
Creating the ideal environment for cell and tissue work is an extremely sensitive process that requires optimum and reproducible growth conditions.
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Cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization in a laboratory have always been of the utmost importance—perhaps even more so in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Procedures and results can be easily compromised by interfering residues left in ...
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Try these methods to prevent bottlenecks and errors in sample prep for PCR, NGS, forensic testing and more
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Used in many diverse industry applications, particle analysis (PA) is a methodology used in laboratory settings to isolate and characterize particulate matter. Common methodologies used in PA activities include the traditional sieve method, DIA (...
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Vivaria have stricter heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) considerations as well as higher air quality standards than other spaces in a research facility, and may have entirely separate HVAC and mechanical systems altogether.
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Flow cytometry is quantitative and qualitative and capable of measuring intracellular and extracellular antigens within multiple cell types per sample. However, mistakes in experimental and panel design can result in false positive or false negative ...
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Extracting DNA in the laboratory isn’t always as straightforward as lyse, precipitate, wash, suspend, especially given today’s increasingly advanced DNA analysis methods like multiplex, real-time PCR and next-generation sequencing.
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The ability to visualize protein dynamics in vesicles, organelles, cells, and tissues has provided new insights into how cells function in healthy and disease states.
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There are many influences that can impact the performance of a laboratory balance when best practices are not followed
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Did you know?: As many as one-third of cell lines may be misidentified or contaminated. Follow these steps to help prevent this costly problem at your lab
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