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Laboratory Techniques Used to Maintain and Differentiate Biotypes of Vibrio cholerae Clinical and Environmental Isolates
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2017
This manuscript describes proper Vibrio cholerae maintenance techniques in addition to a series of biochemical assays, collectively utilized for quick and reliable differentiation between clinical and environmental V. cholerae biotypes in a laboratory setting.
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Isolation and Derivation of Mouse Embryonic Germinal Cells
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2009
The ability of embryonic germinal cells to differentiate into primordial germinal cells during early development stages is a perfect model to address our hypothesis about cancer and infertility. This protocol shows how to isolate primordial germinal cells from developing gonads in 10.5-11.5 days post coitum mouse embryos.
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Isolation of Functional Cardiac Immune Cells
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2011
This method for isolating functional immune cells from the heart provides an alternative to the conventional methods of collagenase digestion, which causes unwanted immune cell activation, resulting in a decreased responsiveness of these cells. Our method of isolation yields functional cardiac immune cells by avoiding problems associated with enzymatic digestion.
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Making Solutions in the Laboratory
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2023
The ability to successfully make solutions is a basic laboratory skill performed in virtually all biological and chemical experiments. A solution is a homogenous mixture of solute dissolved in bulk liquid known as the solvent. Solutions can be described by their solute concentration, a measure of how much solute is present per unit of solution. In this video, a step-by-step procedure for how to make a water-based, or aqueous, solution for biological applications is presented. The video...
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Measuring Mass in the Laboratory
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2023
The analytical balance is the common piece of equipment in the scientific laboratory. These highly precise instruments can measure down to ten thousandths or even hundred thousandths of a gram. The triple beam balance is a type of scale that uses counterweights on a three rider beams to counterbalance the sample in the pan. On the other hand, modern analytical balances use a complex system of electronic sensors to accurately mass a substance. The analytical balance is so sensitive that it...
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Mechanical disruption physically breaks tissue, whereas enzymatic disruption uses enzymes to loosen tissue structure. The choice affects how readily target cells are released and whether essential cellular properties remain suitable for later analysis. In a Cell Isolation Laboratory, researchers can select one approach or combine approaches before enrichment, depending on the sample and the intended study.
Filtration, centrifugation, density gradients, and selective binding provide different ways to enrich target cells from complex samples. Researchers may use these approaches individually or in sequence after disruption. Selective binding is especially useful when a chosen cell population can be captured through a specific interaction, while the other methods support physical separation during sample processing.
Temperature, osmotic conditions, sterility, and handling time are central to preserving viability and essential properties during cell isolation. Deviations can affect the resulting population before microscopy, culture, flow cytometry, or molecular analysis begins. Controlling these variables also supports reproducibility, helping researchers determine whether observed differences reflect biology rather than inconsistent sample processing.
A typical workflow begins by disrupting tissue or preparing a mixed culture or biological sample, followed by one or more enrichment methods such as filtration, centrifugation, density gradients, or selective binding. Researchers maintain controlled temperature, osmotic conditions, sterility, and handling time throughout. The resulting cell population can then proceed to the selected downstream analysis or culture.
Isolated cells can be examined by microscopy, characterized by flow cytometry, or subjected to molecular analysis. They may also enter primary culture, allowing researchers to study cell function, disease, or therapeutic responses. The selected readout determines what information the preparation must preserve, so isolation quality matters for both direct observation and subsequent experiments.
In biology research, cell isolation links sample preparation to experiments that require a defined cell population. It supports microscopy, flow cytometry, molecular analysis, primary culture, and investigations of disease or therapeutic responses. Its value depends not only on obtaining cells, but also on preserving viability and essential properties so downstream findings remain relevant to the original sample.