Continuous Flow Systems run chemical reactions by continuously flowing reactants past each other. Pumps control fluid channels holding the reagents and chemical reactions occur at intersections of those pumps. It’s the chemistry version of the Lab On a Chip. Flow chemistry doesn’t have to be small-scale, it’s used in industrial manufacturing, but it can be […]
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Pairing Plastic Printed Parts Professionally with 3DHubs
Last week we saw Holden Lab at Newcastle University start a discussion about using threaded fasteners to secure 3D printed parts. Dr. Robert LeSuer pointed out an extremely thorough discussion on the matter on 3DHubs.com . 3DHubs has an incredible wealth of information on DIY construction, including an amazing cost analysis of 3D printing vs […]
ElectroPen: An ultralow-cost piezoelectric electroporator
Electroporation is a powerful alternative to heat shock for delivering small molecules such as plasmids across cell membranes. By application of an electrical field netivetly charged DNA is forced into elector-competent cells by an electrohoresis-type effect. Electroporators can be expensive, generally over $2000, hence the popularity of more chemical solutions such as heat shock. Enter […]
A Blueprint for Cost-Efficient Localization Microscopy
This paper, “A Blueprint for Cost-Efficient Localization Microscopy,” write it’s own summary better than we ever could: “In this study, we questioned every technical high-end component used in standard localization microscopes to reduce the total cost of a wide-field setup and to ensure continued single-molecule sensitivity. We demonstrate that localization microscopy with subdiffraction resolution on […]