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How are Photomultiplier Tubes Used in Flow Cytometry?

Flow cytometers use photodetectors to convert the light of excited fluorophores into photocurrent, which can be digitized.

8 Sep 2020

Microbes and Climate Change

Climate change impacts many aspects of our lives and every environment on earth. Industrial activity is accepted to be the main driving force behind this.

8 Sep 2020

The Use of Microbes in Biofuel Production

Combating climate change requires several approaches in multiple industries.

8 Sep 2020

How are Photodiodes Used in Flow Cytometry?

Photodetectors are used in flow cytometers to translate the excited fluorophore light into photocurrent so that it can be digitally stored and analyzed.

8 Sep 2020

Using Virtual-freezing to Combine Fluorescence Imaging and Flow Cytometry

A team recently determined an imaging method based on optomechanics that overcomes the performance and utility of imaging flow cytometry (IFC).

5 Aug 2020

Using Microbiome Profiling in Clostridium difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive bacterium that was isolated from the human gut and was found to be responsible for gastric infections.

5 Aug 2020

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Sewage

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to the treatment and control of bacterial infections.

5 Aug 2020

Using Flow Cytometry to Screen Microbes

Thanks to recent developments that have led to improved resolution, flow cytometry can now be applied to the detection and analysis of single-celled microbes.

3 Aug 2020

How are Avalanche Photodiodes Used in Flow Cytometry?

Flow cytometers need a mechanism to turn the light of excited fluorophores into an electronic signal.

3 Aug 2020

Evidence for Stem Cell Transplantation as a Cure for HIV-1

A long-term follow-up study of a second London patient has demonstrated a successful stem cell transplantation from donors harboring an HIV-resistant gene.

3 Aug 2020

What are Sequons?

Glycosylation is a critical protein modification process that is dependent upon the presence of different sequons.

24 Jul 2020

What is Adenosine Kinase?

Adenosine kinase is an important enzyme that regulates both the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of adenosine.

24 Jul 2020

What are Autoantibodies?

Antibodies that specifically react with self-antigens are called autoantibodies.

23 Jul 2020

What are NMDA Receptors?

N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are ligand-gated cation channels activated by an excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate.

23 Jul 2020

What is Nucleic Acid?

Nucleic acid is essential for all forms of life, and it is found in all cells. Nucleic acid comes in two natural forms called DNA and RNA.

17 Jul 2020

What is RNA Interference?

RNA interference (RNAi) is a key biological process that leads to the silencing of gene expression.

16 Jul 2020

What is Viral Transduction?

Transduction is a biological phenomenon by which genetic material (DNA) is transferred from one bacterium to another by a virus.

16 Jul 2020

What are Cathepsin Inhibitors?

Cathepsins are enzymes (known as proteases) that break down proteins. Cathepsin inhibitors can have important roles in treating diseases.

30 Jun 2020

Monitoring the Stability of Monoclonal Antibodies

A research group have used fluorescence red edge excitation shift (REES) to predict the stability of monoclonal antibodies in the short, medium, and long term.

23 Jun 2020