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Focused Ion Beams
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2023
Source: Sina Shahbazmohamadi and Peiman Shahbeigi-Roodposhti-Roodposhti, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT As electron microscopes become more complex and widely used in research labs, it becomes more of a necessity to introduce their capabilities. Focused ion beam (FIB) is an instrument that can be employed in order to fabricate, trim, analyze and characterize materials on mico- and nano-scales in a wide variety of fields from nano-electronics to medicine. FIB...
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In vivo Macrophage Imaging Using MR Targeted Contrast Agent for Longitudinal Evaluation of Septic Arthritis
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We demonstrate how to perform macrophage MR imaging using ultrasmall superparamagnetic contrast agent (USPIO) in septic arthritis, allowing an initial and longitudinal in vivo non-invasive evaluation of macrophages infiltration and an assessment of therapy efficacy.
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Characterizing Salmonella Typhimurium-induced Septic Peritonitis in Mice
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This protocol describes the induction of Gram-negative monobacterial sepsis in a mouse model system. The model is useful in investigating the inflammatory and lethal host responses during sepsis.
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Standardized Method for Measuring Collection Efficiency from Wipe-sampling of Trace Explosives
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Optimized sampling protocols and the development of new wipe materials can be facilitated by standardized measurements of collection efficiency from wipe-sampling. Our approach for sampling trace explosives uses an automated device to control speed, force, and distance during wipe-sampling followed by extraction of collected explosives.
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Internal Standards
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Dr. B. Jill Venton - University of Virginia The goal of many chemical analyses is a quantitative analysis, where the amount of a substance in a sample is determined. In order to accurately calculate the concentration of an unknown from a sample, careful sample preparation is key. Every time a sample is handled or transferred, some of the sample can be lost. There are strategies however, for minimizing sample loss. There are also strategies for coping with sample loss and...
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Its value comes from holding major infection parameters constant: the anatomical source, microbial burden, and timing. When these features are controlled, differences in pathogen dissemination, inflammatory signaling, immune-cell recruitment, or organ injury are less likely to reflect accidental variation between experiments. This makes treatment effects and host-response patterns easier to compare across experimental groups.
Each variable shapes what the host response represents. The anatomical site establishes where infection begins, microbial burden influences the infectious challenge, and timing determines which stage of the response is observed. Defining them together allows investigators to relate later dissemination, inflammatory signaling, cell recruitment, or injury to a known starting condition rather than an uncharacterized focus.
By fixing the starting conditions, researchers can follow whether pathogen-related effects remain associated with the original focus or extend beyond it. This supports analysis of pathogen dissemination and the transition from localized infection to systemic inflammation. Comparing these stages under controlled conditions can clarify how local host-pathogen interactions relate to later organ injury.
Immune-cell recruitment can be evaluated alongside inflammatory signaling and organ injury rather than treated as an isolated observation. Because the focus and infection timing are defined, investigators can compare recruitment patterns under equivalent infectious conditions and relate them to systemic host responses. This helps place cellular behavior within the broader sequence connecting infection, inflammation, and organ damage.
To establish a comparable experimental condition, investigators specify the infection site, set the microbial burden, and define the infection timeline before comparing host responses. They can then examine dissemination, inflammatory signaling, immune-cell recruitment, and organ injury under those shared conditions. The essential procedure is experimental standardization, not simply observing sepsis without controlling its source.
Because the infectious focus is controlled, an immune-modulating treatment can be evaluated against a more consistent infectious background. Researchers can ask whether changes in systemic inflammation, pathogen dissemination, immune-cell recruitment, or organ injury accompany the intervention. This helps distinguish an effect associated with treatment from one caused by differences in infection site, microbial burden, or timing.
Within immunology and infection research, this approach connects local pathogen-host interactions with whole-organism outcomes. It supports studies of how infection progresses from a defined focus toward dissemination and systemic inflammation, while also providing a framework for examining mechanisms that influence organ injury. Its broader value is linking early infectious conditions to later immune and pathological consequences.