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Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Robert L. Stevenson, Editor Emeritus, American Laboratory
Dr. Stevenson is Editor Emeritus, American Laboratory. He has been involved in developing instrumentation and enabled applications since the late 1960s at firms including Varian, Altex, Bio-Rad, and TosoHaas. Dr. Stevenson has been a regular
contributor to American Laboratory since its founding in 1968. He has authored more than 450 papers on new technology and applications.
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Articles by Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Discovered Correlations in Databases: What To Do? Who Pays?
Monday, November 11, 2013
Systems biology, including biomarkers, is developing information, particularly correlations with disease states. Why? To date, the most commonly cited scenario is that the large databases will be ...
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Results are in for the Second sbv IMPROVER Challenge on Species Translation
Friday, November 08, 2013
Species translation involves searching for biological mechanisms of action (MoA) that are common to different species, in this case, humans and rats. In addition to the interesting scientific question...
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Precision Medicine Will Digitize Humans, But Who Pays?
Thursday, November 07, 2013
In a serendipitous confluence of events, I was finishing the 2013 edition of Eric Topol’s book, "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution will Create Better Health Care," ...
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Methane Forensics: Controlling Methane Gas Emissions
Wednesday, November 06, 2013
Methane is a remarkable molecule that is the center of attention in the conflict on fracking (hydraulic stimulation of gas and petroleum production). Methane is a greenhouse gas with heat trapping ...
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New Points to Consider in Genomics
Friday, October 04, 2013
As the cost of whole genome sequencing (WGS) declines, the number of human genome sequences is increasing rapidly. This is revealing new biochemistry, for example, exogenous RNA in our blood, ...
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45 Years of American Laboratory
Friday, October 04, 2013
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.
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Rapid, Low-Cost Multiplexed Assay of Kinase Inhibition
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Protein kinases phosphorylate serine, threonine, and tyrosine amino acid residues in proteins. Upregulated kinase activity is found in diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and some cancers. Thus, kinase ...
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Off-Label Cancer Therapeutics
Monday, September 23, 2013
Eric Topol, M.D., describes the mode of action of cancer therapeutics. Most of the successful therapeutics target mutations that perturb the normal regulatory control of cell function.
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Update on Reshoring the American Chemical Industry
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Almost a year ago, I pointed out that one of the benefits of improved production of shale gas for America is “reshoring” of the American chemical industry. The impact is particularly strong in the ...
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DNA in Forensics
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The proliferation of forensic DNA testing and databases by state and local jurisdictions was recently reported by Joseph Goldstein in The New York Times. For years, the FBI’s combined indexing system ...
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Separations at the Micro Scale: Recommended Reading
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Contemporary Microscale Separation Technology summarizes the development and state-of-the-art of liquid phase separation technology as of about 2010. This is a complex topic, since there are many ...
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HPLC 2013, Hobart Features Educational Opportunities
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Traditionally, the HPLC series of meetings offers a scientific program at the highest level. This draws leading researchers from around the globe.
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China Catches up in Monoliths for LC
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Almost 20 years ago, I made my first trip to the People’s Republic of China. Over the next decade, I visited many times, working on various commercial ventures, mostly related to chromatography and ...
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Crossing the Chasm of Death for Biomarkers
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Biomarkers, or biological markers, have intuitive appeal, since chemists and biochemists are trained to relate activity to molecular structure and metabolism. I attend over 20 scientific meetings per ...
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New Drug Development Tools (DDT): Connecting the Dots Between Biomarker Discovery and Improved Patient Outcomes
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
For at least two decades, biological markers, or biomarkers, have been promoted as key advances in scientific discovery that provide a measure of biological function. Researchers and, indeed, the ...
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