A protocol is a preset description of methods that can be followed to perform a scientific experiment. Clear, concise protocols provide specific steps and a list of materials needed to complete the experiment. Protocols ensure that data can be reproduced by other scientists and researchers.
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Intravascular catheterization access for injection and sampling is one of the most common experimental surgical procedures.Catheters and ports have been designed to reduce the problems of occ...
FEB 06, 2014 | 9:00 AM
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The new animal facility is designed to breed and house rodents with the best quality of macro and micro environment and house the maximum possible number of rodents per sf2. This new facilit...
Regulations and guidelines governing the use of animals in research require minimization of pain and distress. However, pharmacologic treatments to prevent or alleviate pain can interfere wit...
The primary goal of all gnotobiotic facilities is to maintain a germ-free colony until such time as protocols require associations with other organisms. As such, a well-trained and knowledgea...
OCT 17, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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Curative therapy for metastatic disease in solid malignancies remains frustratingly elusive due to the long recognized problem of tumor cell heterogeneity and emergence of treatment resistant...
RNA-Seq allows the simultaneous observation of gene expression levels, mutations in the coding sequences, splice variants and gene fusions, which are especially important in cancer studies. A...
OCT 16, 2013 | 7:00 AM
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With the rapid rise in the number of therapeutic options for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) comes increasingly complicated treatment decision-making, emphasizing the nee...
AUG 22, 2013 | 11:00 AM
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I will describe recent advances in computational protein design which allow the generation of new protein structures and functions. I will describe the use of these methods to design ultra-st...
Dr Ivan Brukner entered into genomic era back in 1989 (ex-Yugoslavia), trying to describe and solve repeating sequence "branching motif problem" in building whole genome sequence. Next 5-10...
RNASeq has become the primary method for studying changes in gene expression in modern genomics research. By directly sequencing the various types of RNA molecules, including mRNA, ncRNA, an...