Beijing Institute of Technology 3 articles published in JoVE Behavior Tactile Semiautomatic Passive-Finger Angle Stimulator (TSPAS) Wu Wang1, Jiajia Yang2,4, Yinghua Yu2,3,4, Qiong Wu5,2, Satoshi Takahashi2, Yoshimichi Ejima2, Jinglong Wu6,2 1Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 2Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, 3Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4Section on Functional Imaging Methods, National Institute of Mental Health, 5School of Education, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, 6Beijing Institute of Technology Presented is the tactile semiautomated passive-finger angle stimulator TSPAS, a new way to assess tactile spatial acuity and tactile angle discrimination using a computer-controlled tactile stimulus system that applies raised angle stimuli to a subject's passive fingerpad, while controlling for movement speed, distance, and contact duration. Biochemistry Identifying Amino Acid Overproducers Using Rare-Codon-Rich Markers Yi-Xin Huo1,2, Bo Zheng1, Ning Wang1, Yunpeng Yang1, Xinxin Liang1, Xiaoyan Ma1 1Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2UCLA Institute for Technology Advancement (Suzhou) This study presents an alternative strategy to the conventional toxic analog-based method in identifying amino acid overproducers by using rare-codon-rich markers to achieve accuracy, sensitivity, and high-throughput simultaneously. Engineering New Application of an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet as a Neuro-protective Agent Against Glucose Deprivation-induced Injury of SH-SY5Y Cells Xu Yan*1,3,4,5, Zhaozhong Meng*2, Jiting Ouyang2, Yajun Qiao2, Fang Yuan1,3,4,5 1Department of Pathophysiology, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute/Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 2School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Central Nervous System Injury, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 4Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, 5China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University A protocol for the neuroprotective application of low-dose atmospheric pressure plasma treatment on glucose deprivation-induced SH-SY5Y injuries.
