Biomedicine Newsletter – December 2018

Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
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Exosomes for siRNA Delivery to Cancer Cells

Dr. Khuloud Al-Jamal’s lab, at King’s College London, presents an exosome isolation protocol with high yield and purity for siRNA delivery.

Assessing Neuroprotective Effects of Glycyrrhizae Radix

Dr. Suin Cho’s lab, at Pusan National University, modifies an existing experimental method to obtain more reproducible results, by establishing a middle cerebral artery occlusion mouse model.

Protein-Protein Interactions at Cell-Cell Contacts

Dr. Salvatore Chiantia’s lab, at University of Potsdam, describes a fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy-based approach to investigate interactions among proteins mediating cell-cell interactions.

Velocimetry Studies of Neurovascular Flows In Vitro

Dr. Masaru Rao’s lab, at University of California Riverside, presents simplified methods for fabricating transparent neurovascular phantoms and characterizing the flow therein.

Establishment and Analysis of Tumor Slice Explants

Dr. Emmy Verschuren’s lab, at University of Helsinki, provides a method for the generation, cultivation and systematic analysis of organotypic slices derived from murine lung tumors.

Interfacing Microfluidics with Microelectrode Arrays

Dr. Paulo Aguiar’s lab, at Universidade do Porto, demonstrates how to combine in vitro microelectrode arrays with microfluidic devices for studying action potential transmission in neuronal cultures.

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New Techniques and Approaches for the Assessment or Intervention in Learning Disabilities and ADHD

Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery 

Prostate Organoid Research Techniques and Methods: Three-Dimensional (3D) Culture, Spin-down, Dimpled Parafilm and Fusion Method

Techniques for high throughput lifespan measurement in invertebrate model systems

  

 Nursing Skills

This Sci Ed collection demonstrates medication preparation and administration.

Basic Methods

This Sci Ed collection demonstrates how to execute basic techniques commonly used in cellular and molecular biology.

Inorganic Chemistry

This Sci Ed collection covers a range of inorganic chemistry protocols and concepts.

Neuroscience

This Sci Ed collection provides an introduction to the field of neuroscience, exploring five major branches of study.

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