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Sonication Extraction of Lipid Biomarkers from Sediment
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Jeff Salacup - University of Massachusetts Amherst The material comprising the living "organic" share of any ecosystem (leaves, fungi, bark, tissue; Figure 1) differs fundamentally from the material of the non-living "inorganic" share (rocks and their constituent minerals, oxygen, water, metals). Organic material contains carbon linked to a series of other carbon and hydrogen molecules (Figure 2), which distinguishes it from inorganic material. Carbon's wide valency range...
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Novel Diagnostics in Revision Arthroplasty: Implant Sonication and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
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2017
Differential diagnostics in painful arthroplasty is crucial for treatment success. Joint aspiration is routinely performed preoperatively. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction of the joint aspirate and the sonication fluid, a feasible tool for quick pathogen detection from these samples is described.
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Generation and Quantitative Analysis of Pulsed Low Frequency Ultrasound to Determine the Sonic Sensitivity of Untreated and Treated Neoplastic Cells
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2015
Selective damage of human leukemia cells can be achieved through a novel approach of applying low frequency ultrasound both with and without chemotherapeutic pretreatment of leukemic and normal hematopoietic cells.
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Low Frequency Ultrasound Application: A Method to Determine the Effect of Sonication on Human Leukemia Cells
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2023
This video describes the selective damage of human leukemia cells by using low frequency ultrasound. This application of low frequency ultrasound in a preclinical in vitro condition demonstrates that cell destruction can be attained in order to examine and compare the effects of sonication on leukemia and normal cells.
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Sonication-facilitated Immunofluorescence Staining of Late-stage Embryonic and Larval Drosophila Tissues In Situ
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2014
Immunostaining is an effective technique for visualizing specific cell types and proteins within tissues. By utilizing sonication, the protocol described here alleviates the need to dissect Drosophila melanogaster tissues from late-stage embryos and larvae before immunostaining. We provide an efficient methodology for the immunostaining of formaldehyde-fixed whole mount larvae.
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Cavitation drives the disruptive effects of Sonication Technique. Acoustic waves create rapid pressure changes in the liquid, producing bubbles that collapse and release localized shear forces. Those forces can rupture cells, disperse particles, or fragment nucleic acids. The mechanism explains why sonication can perform both physical sample disruption and mixing within bioengineering workflows.
Probe and ultrasonic-bath formats provide two ways to transfer acoustic energy into a sample. The probe delivers the waves directly into the liquid, whereas the bath transfers them through the bath setup. This distinction matters when planning sample preparation because researchers must match the delivery format with the sample volume and regulate power, duration, and temperature for consistent processing.
Power, exposure duration, temperature, and sample volume are the main controllable conditions identified for sonication. Increasing the energy delivered or extending treatment can intensify processing, but excessive treatment can promote heating and damage sensitive biological materials. Careful adjustment of these variables helps balance effective cell disruption, mixing, or fragmentation with preservation of the desired sample.
A basic workflow begins with a biological or chemical sample in liquid form, followed by energy delivery with a probe or ultrasonic bath. Researchers then select power and duration while controlling temperature and sample volume. The treated material can be directed toward lysis, homogenization, dispersion, emulsification, nucleic-acid fragmentation, or biomolecule extraction, depending on the experimental objective.
For cell lysis, the goal is to break open cells so their contents become accessible. Homogenization instead focuses on producing a more uniformly processed sample, while biomolecule extraction uses disruption to help release target material. Distinguishing these objectives helps bioengineers choose how to adjust sonication conditions and evaluate whether the treatment produced the intended sample preparation outcome.
Sonication supports molecular analysis by fragmenting nucleic acids and preparing biological samples for subsequent handling. It also assists biomolecule extraction, where disruption and mixing can make cellular material more accessible. These uses connect the technique to bioengineering workflows that require controlled sample preparation before analyzing nucleic-acid material or recovered biomolecules.
Beyond cell-based work, the technique is relevant to biotechnology and biomaterials research because it can disperse particles and support emulsification. These capabilities make acoustic processing useful when researchers need to alter how materials are mixed or distributed in a liquid. Reproducible control of power, duration, temperature, and volume remains important for comparing results across experiments.