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  • LabTips: Peltier vs. Compressor: A Chilling Battle

    Monday, June 30, 2014
    LabTips
    Jens Thielmann
    “Peltier technology” was discovered by Athanase Peltier while observing the temperature difference between one side of a device and the other, depending on the direction of current. Only from recent ... read more

  • The Scales of Scientific Justice in Translational Science: Data Reproducibility and Verifiable ...

    Tuesday, March 04, 2014
    Application Note
    Tristan Berto
    The traditional “scales of justice” represent truth and fairness. For the scientific community, the balance is between big data (terabytes of data across numerous databases) on one scale and ... read more

  • Bioassays and Bioanalytical Method Development 2013

    Tuesday, November 12, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    Biotherapeutics are generally large molecules with a heterogeneous complex structure that is directly related to their ability to modulate biological reactions. This precludes defining a meaningful ... read more

  • A Map to More Reliable RT-qPCR Results Using MIQE Guidelines

    Thursday, November 07, 2013
    Application Note
    Sean Taylor
    RT-qPCR (reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction) is used routinely by a broad spectrum of researchers to assess the absolute or relative quantity of genomic DNA (gDNA) or ... read more

  • 45 Years of American Laboratory

    Friday, October 04, 2013
    Technical Article
    Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
    October 1988: I remember it well. My lab overlooked the parking lot at Varian Associates. We were expecting a visit from Bill Wham and Ken Halaby, the founders of American Laboratory magazine. read more

  • Are You Making the Most of Your Multiplex qPCR?

    Thursday, September 12, 2013
    Blog
    Ellen Prediger
    Multiplex qPCR: that’s just running several qPCRs at once, right? In essence, yes—multiple targets are amplified within a single tube. But when used correctly, the benefits of this technique over ... read more

  • Problematic PCR? Watching out for SNPs

    Friday, September 06, 2013
    Blog
    Ellen Prediger
    Problematic PCR? Then you’ve come to the right place! Here are some troubleshooting tips. read more

  • Multiparameter Pluripotency Analysis Using Magnetic Bead Assays

    Wednesday, August 28, 2013
    Application Note
    Nikolai Stankiewicz Thomas Siegl Frederick Wiese
    For the application of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to regenerative medicine and drug discovery research, it is crucial to characterize the identity ... read more

  • Sustainable Products With Synthetic Biology

    Wednesday, August 21, 2013
    Blog
    Ellen Prediger
    The Western world has developed a significant dependence on petroleum, which emits greenhouse gases upon combustion. These gases are well known as being harmful to the environment, and as a fossil ... read more

  • High-Resolution Separation of Nucleic Acid Fragments

    Wednesday, August 07, 2013
    Application Note
    Carola Schade
    The invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the early 1980s revolutionized molecular biology and molecular medicine. Since then, PCR has developed into a widely used technique for ... read more

  • Putting the “More” in Morphology: Part 1

    Wednesday, April 10, 2013
    Technical Article
    Barbara Foster
    Segmentation, the ability to define the unique features in a region of interest, has always been the greatest challenge in image analysis and quantitation. A new suite of tools, available from ... read more
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