Techniques

Methods and protocols in practice – how researchers actually run experiments, and the techniques shifting what is possible at the bench.

218 articles

Optogenetics Feedback Loop Refines Control of Neuronal Activity

Scientists from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed an optogenetics technique that allows to fine-tune mice brain activity by receiving neuronal feedback in real...

Bioengineering
MinION Oxford Nanopore

MinION Sequencer Reproducibility Tested in Depth by Five Labs

Researchers from five labs have tested in depth the performance of the MinION, the sequencer developed by Oxford Nanopore. The labs belong to the MinION Analysis...

Equipment

New Kits for Gyrolab Miniaturized Immunoassays

The leading company in automated and miniaturized immunoassays Gyros AB has launched new kits to improve workflow and increase productivity of their last devices, the Gyrolab...

Bioengineering

WaferGen Presents the Latest Device for Single-Cell Isolation

WaferGen has launched the ICELL8 Single Cell System, a device capable of isolating 1800 single cells and identifying them thanks to CellSelect imaging and software. Multiple...

Equipment

Placental Cells Obtained Directly from Skin Cells

Scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem have obtained functional placental cells from epitelial cells, without passing through a pluripotent state. Mouse skin cell nuclei were...

Bioengineering

AutoGen Fully Automatizes DNA Isolation

In collaboration with Qiagen, AutoGen has launched the FlexStar, a nucleic acid extraction system that fully automates the process of extracting DNA from whole blood, tissues,...

Equipment

A Non-Toxic DNA Stain for Super Resolution Microscopy

Scientists from the Échole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane (EFPL) have created a new DNA stain that can be used in live cells. The far-red DNA stain, called...

Basic Research

Pacific Biosciences Launches the Most Accurate Sequencer for Long Reads

Pacific Biosciences has launched a new sequencer, the Sequel System, with improved throughput and scalability and lower costs and footprint respect to its predecessor, the PacBio®...

Equipment