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Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Issue 48, February 2011
A High Throughput Screen for Biomining Cellulase Activity from Metagenomic Libraries
Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia - UBC
Date Published: February 1, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2461 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Microbiology, Cellulase, cellulose, DNP-cellobioside, metagenomics, metagenome, environmental genomics, functional metagenomics
Agar-Block Microcosms for Controlled Plant Tissue Decomposition by Aerobic Fungi
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
Date Published: February 3, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2283 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Plant Biology, Lignocellulose, biomass, wood, fungi, filamentous, biodegradation, petri, microcosm
Recapitulation of an Ion Channel IV Curve Using Frequency Components
Bioengineering, University of Utah
Date Published: February 8, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2361 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Biophysics, Ion channel, Kir2.1, impedance spectroscopy, frequency response, voltage clamp, electrophysiology
Isolation of Mouse Salivary Gland Stem Cells
1Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 2Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
Date Published: February 8, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2484 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Stem Cell Biology, Murine salivary glands, stem cells, isolation, tissue culture.
Identifying the Effects of BRCA1 Mutations on Homologous Recombination using Cells that Express Endogenous Wild-type BRCA1
1Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, 2Departments of Molecular Immunology and Clinical Oncology, Tohoku University
Date Published: February 17, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2468 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Cell Biology, BRCA1, homologous recombination, breast cancer, RNA interference, DNA repair
Concentration Determination of Nucleic Acids and Proteins Using the Micro-volume Bio-spec Nano Spectrophotometer
Shimadzu, Scientific Instruments
Date Published: February 17, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2699 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Molecular Biology, Nucleic acid quantitation, protein quantitation, micro-volume analysis, label quantitation
Blue Native Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) for Analysis of Multiprotein Complexes from Cellular Lysates
1Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, 2Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (bioss) and Biology III, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 3Department of Molecular Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunology and Epigenetics
Date Published: February 24, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2164 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Biochemistry, BN-PAGE, 2D gel electrophoresis, cellular lysate, dialysis, protein complex, multiprotein complex, protein interaction
Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama Huntsville, 2Department of Biology, Stanford University
Date Published: February 25, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2498 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Molecular Biology, Ribosome stalling, ribosome isolation, peptidyl-tRNA, in vitro translation, RNA chemical modification, puromycin, antibiotics.
Stable Isotopic Profiling of Intermediary Metabolic Flux in Developing and Adult Stage Caenorhabditis elegans
1Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Date Published: February 27, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2288 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Developmental Biology, Stable isotope, amino acid quantitation, organic acid quantitation, nematodes, metabolism
Primary Cell Cultures from Drosophila Gastrula Embryos
1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 2 , Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Date Published: February 28, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2215 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Development Biology, Primary cell culture, Drosophila embryo, RNAi, immuno-histochemistry
Respirometric Oxidative Phosphorylation Assessment in Saponin-permeabilized Cardiac Fibers
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
Date Published: February 28, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2431 | Section: JoVE General
Keywords: Physiology, cardiac fibers, mitochondria, oxygen consumption, mouse, methodology
High Sensitivity 5-hydroxymethylcytosine Detection in Balb/C Brain Tissue
Applications and Product Development, New England Biolabs
Date Published: February 1, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2661 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, EpiMark, Epigenetics, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-methylcytosine, methylation, hydroxymethylation
Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Date Published: February 3, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2462 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Hippocampus, Hippocampal formation, Brain Slices, Organotypic Cultures, Synaptic Transmission, Synaptic Physiology
Measuring Circadian and Acute Light Responses in Mice using Wheel Running Activity
Department of Biology, John Hopkins University
Date Published: February 4, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2463 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, mouse, circadian, behavior, wheel running
Focal Cerebral Ischemia Model by Endovascular Suture Occlusion of the Middle Cerebral Artery in the Rat
Date Published: February 5, 2011 | doi:10.3791/1978 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Stroke, cerebral ischemia, middle cerebral artery occlusion, intraluminal filament, rat, magnetic resonance imaging, surgery, neuroscience, brain
Automated Interactive Video Playback for Studies of Animal Communication
1Department of Visualization, Texas A&M University (TAMU), 2Department of Biology, Texas A&M University (TAMU)
Date Published: February 9, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2374 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Computer animation, visual communication, mate choice, Xiphophorus birchmanni, tracking
Postsynaptic Recordings at Afferent Dendrites Contacting Cochlear Inner Hair Cells: Monitoring Multivesicular Release at a Ribbon Synapse
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery., The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Date Published: February 10, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2442 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, electrophysiology, whole-cell recording, patch clamp, synaptic transmission, ribbon synapse, multivesicular, dendrite, auditory nerve, hearing, hair cell.
The Culture of Primary Motor and Sensory Neurons in Defined Media on Electrospun Poly-L-lactide Nanofiber Scaffolds
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, 3Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 4Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health System
Date Published: February 15, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2389 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Electrospinning, motor neurons, nanofibers, scaffold, primary cell culture, DRG
Slice Preparation, Organotypic Tissue Culturing and Luciferase Recording of Clock Gene Activity in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Date Published: February 15, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2439 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, suprachiasmatic nucleus, mice, organotypic tissue culture, circadian rhythm, clock gene, Period 2, luciferase
A Simple Way to Measure Ethanol Sensitivity in Flies
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Date Published: February 19, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2541 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Drosophila, behavior, alcohol, addiction
Spinal Cord Electrophysiology II: Extracellular Suction Electrode Fabrication
Date Published: February 20, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2580 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, spinal cord, fictive locomotion, extracellular electrode
Kinematics and Ground Reaction Force Determination: A Demonstration Quantifying Locomotor Abilities of Young Adult, Middle-aged, and Geriatric Rats
1CullenWebb Animal Neurology & Ophthalmology Center, Riverview, NB, 2Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, 4Department of Neuroscience, University of Calgary
Date Published: February 22, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2138 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Locomotion, kinetics, kinematics, aging
Assaying Surface Expression of Chemosensory Receptors in Heterologous Cells
1Department of Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology , Duke University, 2Department of Chemistry, Duke University
Date Published: February 23, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2405 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, heterologous, receptors, cell, surface, staining
Assessment of Social Interaction Behaviors
1Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 2Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics, Mount Sinai Hospital, 3Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 4Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 5Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Date Published: February 25, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2473 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, Mice, behavioral test, phenotyping, social interaction
Multiple-mouse Neuroanatomical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
1Mouse Imaging Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, 2Department of Medical Biophysics and Medical Imaging, University of Toronto
Date Published: February 27, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2497 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, magnetic resonance imaging, mouse, phenotyping, mouse handling, monitoring, brain, multiple mouse imaging
Dissection of a Mouse Eye for a Whole Mount of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Date Published: February 27, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2563 | Section: JoVE Neuroscience
Keywords: Neuroscience, mouse, dissection, eye, retinal pigment epithelium, flat mount, whole mount, RPE
Isolation of Brain and Spinal Cord Mononuclear Cells Using Percoll Gradients
Date Published: February 2, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2348 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Immunology, Microglia, monocytes/macrophages, CNS, inflammation, EAE, chemokines, mouse, flow cytometry
Expansion, Purification, and Functional Assessment of Human Peripheral Blood NK Cells
Division of Pediatrics, MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas
Date Published: February 2, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2540 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Immunology, Natural Killer Cells, Tumor Immunology, Antigen Presenting Cells, Cytotoxicity
Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Department of Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Date Published: February 9, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2528 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Infection, Subcutaneous infection, Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA
A 1.5 Hour Procedure for Identification of Enterococcus Species Directly from Blood Cultures
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Cente, 2Pasadena, CA, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 3Detroit, Detroit Medical Center, 4Woburn, MA, AdvanDx
Date Published: February 10, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2616 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Immunology, PNA FISH, Enterococcus, Blood Culture, Sepsis, Staining
Passive Administration of Monoclonal Antibodies Against H. capsulatum and Others Fungal Pathogens
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Date Published: February 14, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2532 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Infection, Fungal pathogens, monoclonal antibodies, protection, passive administration
Methods for Rapid Transfer and Localization of Lyme Disease Pathogens Within the Tick Gut
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, 2Department of Entomology, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Date Published: February 14, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2544 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Infection, Lyme disease, tick, microinjection, Borrelia burgdorferi, immunofluorescence microscopy
Recombinant Retroviral Production and Infection of B Cells
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University
Date Published: February 18, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2371 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Infection, Retroviral transduction, primary B cells
Using Luciferase to Image Bacterial Infections in Mice
Microbial & Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Date Published: February 18, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2547 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Infection, Bioluminescence, whole animal imaging, pathogenesis, click-beetle, in vivo imaging, firefly
Finger-stick Blood Sampling Methodology for the Determination of Exercise-induced Lymphocyte Apoptosis
1Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Western Kentucky University, 2Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston
Date Published: February 24, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2595 | Section: JoVE Immunology and Infection
Keywords: Immunology, Leukocyte phenotyping, programmed cell death, muscular activity, technique development
An Orthotopic Model of Murine Bladder Cancer
1Department of Comparative Medicine, Tulane University, 2Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University
Date Published: February 6, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2535 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, Bladder tumor, orthotopic, mouse, ultrasound
Hyperinsulinemic-Euglycemic Clamp in the Conscious Rat
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
Date Published: February 7, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2432 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, Metabolism, Diabetes, Insulin Sensitivity, Methodology
Dorsal Column Steerability with Dual Parallel Leads using Dedicated Power Sources: A Computational Model
Boston Scientific , Neuromodulation
Date Published: February 10, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2443 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, spinal cord stimulation, dorsal columns, current steering, field steering
Magnetic Resonance Derived Myocardial Strain Assessment Using Feature Tracking
1The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), 2TomTec, Imaging Systems GmbH, 3AMID, Advanced Medical Imaging Development SRL, 4The Heart and Vascular Center, The Christ Hospital
Date Published: February 12, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2356 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, feature tracking, strain, displacement, CMR
Mouse Model of Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
1Department of Neurology, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, 2Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University
Date Published: February 13, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2761 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
1Institute for Behavioral Health, Brandeis University, 2Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Date Published: February 16, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2342 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, person-centered care, participatory visual methods, photovoice, photo-elicitation, narrative medicine, acquired brain injury, disability, rehabilitation, palliative care
Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston (UH), Texas Medical Center
Date Published: February 16, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2464 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, Cardiovascular (CV), Heart Failure (HF), Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Ischemia-Reperfusion (IR), Left Anterior Descending Artery (LAD)
Isolation of Mouse Respiratory Epithelial Cells and Exposure to Experimental Cigarette Smoke at Air Liquid Interface
1Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2Cellular and Molecular Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Date Published: February 21, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2513 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, Air-Liquid Interface, Cell isolation, Cigarette smoke, Epithelial cells
A Protocol for Comprehensive Assessment of Bulbar Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
1Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, 2ALS/ MN Clinic, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 3Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4Department of Neurology, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 5Department of Neurology, University of Toronto
Date Published: February 21, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2422 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, speech, assessment, subsystems, bulbar function, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Myo-mechanical Analysis of Isolated Skeletal Muscle
1Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 2Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, 3Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 4Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 5Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine & Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco
Date Published: February 22, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2582 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, muscle, twitch, tetanus, force-frequency, fatigue
FISH for Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Date Published: February 23, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2570 | Section: JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine
Keywords: Medicine, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, PGD, Sex determination, Translocations, Chromosome aneuploidy
Developing Custom Chinese Hamster Ovary-host Cell Protein Assays using Acoustic Membrane Microparticle Technology
1Biomarker Division, BioScale, Inc., 2Bioprocessing Division, BioScale, Inc.
Date Published: February 3, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2493 | Section: JoVE Bioengineering
Keywords: Bioengineering, Immunoassays, Chinese Hamster Ovary Host Cell Protein, Residual Protein A assay, Assay development, Biomarker detection and quantitation, Phospho-AKT, Gadd34, tissue sample, tumor sample, bioreactor sample
Decellularization and Recellularization of Whole Livers
Date Published: February 4, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2394 | Section: JoVE Bioengineering
Keywords: Bioengineering, Liver extracellular matrix, decellularization, recellularization, hepatocytes, bioreactor
Separating Beads and Cells in Multi-channel Microfluidic Devices Using Dielectrophoresis and Laminar Flow
1Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 4Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date Published: February 4, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2545 | Section: JoVE Bioengineering
Keywords: Bioengineering, Dielectrophoresis, microfluidic, laminar flow, cell sorting, Human colon adenocarcinoma
Fabrication of Micropatterned Hydrogels for Neural Culture Systems using Dynamic Mask Projection Photolithography
Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University
Date Published: February 11, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2636 | Section: JoVE Bioengineering
Keywords: Bioengineering, Micropatterning, Photopolymerization, Hydrogels, Cell Culture, Tissue Engineering, Neural Engineering
Studying Cell Rolling Trajectories on Asymmetric Receptor Patterns
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3HST Center for Biomedical Engineering and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Date Published: February 13, 2011 | doi:10.3791/2640 | Section: JoVE Bioengineering
Keywords: Bioengineering, cell rolling, microcontact printing, cell adhesion, cell analysis, cell separation, P-selectin
