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Microscopy + Spectroscopy: Pittcon® 2013 Celebrates the Power of Two
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Barbara Foster
The year 2013 celebrates a new benchmark for imaging at Pittcon^®. Historically, Pittcon has not been considered an imaging meeting, despite the fact that a review of Pittcon 2012 statistics revealed ... read more
Microscopy is Moving On
Friday, July 01, 2005
Aubrey Lambert
The basis for observations has not really changed in all the time that lenses have been used to magnify objects. read more
Microscopy: Imaging Broader, Diving Deeper
Monday, April 09, 2012
Barbara Foster
In previous articles and editorials, the life sciences have been defined as the “next big growth area” in microscopy, spectroscopy, and related imaging techniques. read more
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy for Determinations of Carbonate in Soils—What is Important?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Michael Tatzber Franz Mutsch Ernst Leitgeb Michael Englisch Axel Mentler Martin Gerzabek
The carbon pool in soils consists of both organic and inorganic carbon. read more
Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Pipets as Sources of Error
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Richard Curtis
This is the first in a series of articles entitled, “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and providing guidance on how to address and overcome... read more
Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Operators as Sources of Error
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Wendy Vaccaro
This is the third in a series of articles entitled “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and providing guidance on how to address and overcome ... read more
Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Automated Liquid Handlers as Sources of Error
Friday, June 01, 2007
Keith J. Albert
This is the second in a series of articles entitled, “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and providing guidance on how to address and overcome... read more
Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk: Laboratory Environmental Conditions as Sources of Error—Barometric Pressure and Thermal Disequilibrium
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
A. Björn Carle
This is the fourth in a series of articles entitled, “Minimizing Liquid Delivery Risk,” addressing the most common causes of liquid delivery error and providing guidance on how to address and ... read more
Modern Trends in Atomic Force Microscopy of Soft Matter
Monday, February 18, 2008
Sergei Magonov
The invention of atomic force microscopy (AFM) has revolutionized contemporary microscopy and empowered researchers with a unique method to study materials at the submicron scale. read more
Modification of DNA in Relation to Diabetes: Identification of CMdC From Glycoxidation Reactions and Estimation of CMdC and CMdA in Fasting Human Urine
Monday, October 08, 2012
Zeenat Ara Lila Rafida Idris Mahtabuddin Ahmed Kamika Manzano Gabrielle Jenkins Tatreka M. Polite Miranda Williamson
The involvement of proteins in glycoxidative and lipoperoxidation reactions leads to conditions such as cataracts in lenses, atherosclerosis, and other age-related diseases. read more
Modifications of DNA in Relation to Diabetes: Identification of Carboxymethyl-2’-Deoxyadenosine From Glycoxidation Reactions, Calf Thymus DNA, Human Urine, and DNA
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Zeenat Ara Lila Paulette Allen Tameka Greenwood Kadeem Bartley Rafida Idris Mahtabuddin Ahmed
Glycoxidative modification of proteins involving free radical intermediates and reactive carbohydrates leads to complications in diabetes, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. read more
Mold-Specific Quantitative PCR: The Emerging Standard in Mold Analysis
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Mary Jo Vesper Steve Vesper David Kahane Rich Haugland
Molds can cause health problems such as infections and allergies, destroy crops, and contaminate food or pharmaceuticals. read more
Molecular-Med Tri-Con 2012: Big Information Technology Faces Gigantic Problems
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Next-generation sequencing technology is capable of sequencing human genomes for $1000/patient in about a week. read more
Multicapillary Columns for Chromatography
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Yuri P. Belov Marina M. Ulyanova Vladimir N. Sidelnikov
The principles and theory of high-speed capillary chromatography have been known since the 1960s. To realize the maximum speed capabilities, it is necessary to use capillaries with a diameter of ... read more
Multidetection Microplate Readers: Filter-Based, Monochromator-Based. . .or Both?
Friday, June 01, 2007
Xavier Amouretti
The appeal of multidetection microplate readers is easy to understand: they combine multiple measurement technologies such as absorbance, fluorescence,and luminescence into one compact instrument. read more
Multimycotoxin Screening and Quantitation in Beer Samples Using UHPLC and a High-Resolution and Accurate Mass Approach
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Milena Zachariášová Jana Hajšlová Michal Godula
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by many species of microscopic filamentary fungi occurring on field cereals including barley, which is used in the production of beer. The most ... read more
Multiple Options for Accurate Cell Counts
Friday, April 26, 2013
Jeffrey M. Perkel
There are many options available for those in the market for a manual or automated cell counter. Manual cell counters employ trypan blue staining using a microscope and a hemocytometer, while ... read more
Multistranded, Alternative, and Helical Transitional DNA and RNA Microarrays: The Next Generation
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Claude E. Gagna W. Clark Lambert
The genetic information used in the growth and operation of living organisms is contained in DNA, a specific type of nucleic acid molecule. read more
Nanodissection With Femtosecond Laser Technology
Friday, August 29, 2008
Peggy Menne
Analysis of cells and cellular processes in biological and medical research requires systems for imaging as well as tools for manipulating and dissecting cells and subcellular structures. read more
Nanoparticle Measurement Through Visualization
Friday, August 29, 2008
Bob Carr Andrew Malloy
The analysis of nanoparticles is a ubiquitous requirement in a broad range of industry sectors. read more