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2026
Coronary endarterectomy tissue samples were processed to isolate single nuclei using an optimized dissociation protocol. The integrity of the isolated nuclei was validated through three complementary approaches: trypan blue exclusion staining to assess membrane integrity, DAPI-based confocal microscopy to confirm nuclear morphology, and flow cytometry to quantify nuclear yield and purity.
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Organocatalysis
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2023
Source: Vy M. Dong and Faben Cruz, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA This experiment will demonstrate the concept of organocatalysis by illustrating the proper setup of a reaction that utilizes enamine catalysis. Organocatalysis is a form of catalysis that uses substoichiometric amounts of small organic molecules to accelerate reactions. This type of catalysis is complementary to other forms of catalysis such as transition metal or biocatalysis. Transition metal...
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Amplified Luminescent Proximity Homogeneous Assay: A Bead-Based Proximity Assay to Screen Small Molecules Inhibiting Protein-Protein Interactions
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2025
In this video, we demonstrate the amplified luminescent proximity homogeneous assay—a bead-based proximity assay. It utilizes homogeneously-sized acceptor and donor beads, immobilized with two proteins that tend to interact to screen potential small molecules inhibiting protein interactions.
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Photochemical Initiation Of Radical Polymerization Reactions
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2023
Source: David C. Powers, Tamara M. Powers, Texas A&M In this video, we will carry out the photochemically initiated polymerization of styrene to generate polystyrene, which is an important commodity plastic. We will learn the fundamentals of photochemistry and use simple photochemistry to initiate radical polymerization reactions. Specifically, in this module we will examine the photochemistry of benzoyl peroxide and its role as a photo-initiator of styrene polymerization reactions. In the...
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Multi-enzyme Screening Using a High-throughput Genetic Enzyme Screening System
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2016
This work presents a method of high-throughput screening using a universal genetic enzyme screening system that can be theoretically applied to over 200 enzymes. Here, the single screening system identifies three different enzymes (lipase, cellulase, and alkaline phosphatase) by simply changing the substrate used (p-nitrophenyl acetate, p-nitrophenyl-β-D-cellobioside, and phenyl phosphate).
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A transition is spin-allowed when the electron spin arrangement can change between states without violating the spin-selection requirement. Because an excited singlet retains the relevant opposite-spin pairing, electronic excitation from the ground state can occur efficiently through light absorption. This principle helps explain why singlet states are especially important when interpreting molecular absorption and emission spectra.
Intersystem crossing transfers a molecule from an excited singlet state to a triplet state. This change redirects the excited-state pathway away from processes that remain within the singlet system and can alter the molecule’s subsequent photochemical behavior. Comparing singlet-state fluorescence with intersystem crossing therefore helps researchers understand how absorbed light is converted into different excited-state outcomes.
The lifetime of an excited singlet determines how long the molecule can undergo competing processes before losing its excitation or changing state. A lifetime can therefore influence whether fluorescence, energy transfer, or intersystem crossing becomes important. Measuring or interpreting these pathways helps connect the timing of excited-state events with the observed optical and photochemical behavior of a molecule.
Excitation places an electron in a higher molecular orbital while preserving the singlet spin relationship. That altered electronic arrangement can make the molecule behave differently from its ground state and participate in photochemical processes. The resulting reactivity is interpreted alongside fluorescence, energy transfer, and intersystem crossing, which indicate how the excited singlet state is being consumed.
Electronic spectroscopy examines how molecules absorb and emit light, and singlet states provide a framework for assigning those observations to electronic transitions. Absorption can promote a molecule from its ground state to an excited singlet, while fluorescence reports on radiative return from an excited state. These signals help relate spectral behavior to molecular energy changes.
Fluorescence and intersystem crossing represent different outcomes for an excited singlet state. Fluorescence is observed through light emission, whereas intersystem crossing is inferred from transfer into a triplet state. Examining emission behavior together with excited-state lifetimes can show whether the singlet primarily returns by fluorescence or proceeds through a spin-state change.
Light-driven reactions often begin when absorption creates an excited singlet state. Its energy and altered orbital occupancy can initiate pathways that are unavailable or less accessible in the ground state. Following the singlet state, its fluorescence, energy transfer, and possible intersystem crossing allows chemists to connect the initial light-absorption event with later photochemical reactivity.