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Determination of the Settling Rate of Clay/Cyanobacterial Floccules
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2018
The interaction and sedimentation of the clay and bacterial cells within the marine realm, observed in natural environments, can be best investigated in a controlled lab environment. Here, we describe a detailed protocol, which outlines a novel method for measuring the sedimentation rate of clay and cyanobacterial floccules.
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Two-Photon Calcium Imaging of Forebrain Activity in Behaving Adult Zebrafish
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2023
Here, we present a protocol to perform two-photon calcium imaging in the dorsal forebrain of adult zebrafish.
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Identification of Kinase-substrate Pairs Using High Throughput Screening
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2015
Protein phosphorylation is a central feature of how cells interpret and respond to information in their extracellular milieu. Here, we present a high throughput screening protocol using kinases purified from mammalian cells to rapidly identify kinases that phosphorylate a substrate(s) of interest.
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Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake Assay: A Plate Reader-Based Method for Measuring Calcium Uptake in Isolated Mitochondria
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2025
This video describes a plate reader-based assay to measure mitochondrial calcium uptake in isolated mitochondria. The assay analyzes the fluorescence signal of a calcium-sensitive fluorescent dye to study the kinetics of mitochondrial calcium uptake and calcium overload.
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Calcium Imaging in Neurons
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2023
Calcium ions play an integral role in neuron function: They act as intracellular signals that can elicit responses such as altered gene expression and neurotransmitter release from synaptic vesicles. Within the cell, calcium concentration is highly dynamic due to the presence of pumps that selectively transport these ions in response to a variety of signals. Calcium imaging takes advantage of intracellular calcium flux to directly visualize calcium signaling in living neurons.This video begins...
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Clay surfaces provide sites where calcium ions can participate in cation exchange with other dissolved or retained ions. This exchange changes how nutrients, contaminants, and other chemicals are held or released within the medium. Consequently, calcium enrichment can influence chemical availability and movement rather than simply adding a mineral component to the system.
Calcium ions influence how fine clay particles associate with one another, affecting particle aggregation and the resulting physical structure. Changes in aggregation can alter pore spaces, water retention, and the pathways available for dissolved substances. These linked effects help explain why mineral composition can influence both moisture conditions and chemical transport.
The calcium-bearing mineral environment can contribute to pH buffering, helping moderate chemical changes within managed soil or sediment systems. Because pH affects nutrient availability and dissolved chemical behavior, this buffering can also influence chemical cycling. The resulting conditions may shape biological activity and the distribution of substances between mineral surfaces and surrounding water.
Evaluation can focus on the substrate’s mineral composition and its effects on cation exchange, aggregation, water retention, pH buffering, and dissolved-substance movement. Researchers can relate these properties to soil quality or amendment goals, such as improving structure, influencing nutrient availability, or modifying how chemicals behave within the managed environment.
Calcium clay substrates can be considered in terrestrial soils, aquatic sediments, and other managed environmental systems. Their behavior provides a way to examine how mineral composition affects water conditions, nutrient availability, chemical transport, biological activity, and cycling processes. Comparing these settings helps clarify how the same mineral properties operate across different environmental contexts.
Researchers can examine whether calcium-influenced exchange sites and clay surfaces retain, release, or redirect dissolved contaminants and other chemicals. Aggregation, water retention, and pore-related movement also affect transport pathways. Studying these combined properties supports assessment of whether mineral composition changes contaminant mobility through soil or sediment systems.