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Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
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2017
This study presents a novel method to provide efficient patient temperature control for cooling or warming patients. A single use, triple lumen device is placed into the esophagus, analogous to a standard orogastric tube, and connects to existing heat exchange units to perform automatic patient temperature management.
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Studying the Protein Quality Control System of D. discoideum Using Temperature-controlled Live Cell Imaging
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2016
The social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum has recently been established as a system to study protein misfolding and proteostasis. Here, we describe a new imaging-based methodology to study temperature-induced protein aggregation and the cellular stress response in D. discoideum.
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Physical Methods for Controlling Microbial Growth: Temperature
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2025
Heat is a widely used method to control microbial growth by targeting and denaturing cellular proteins, thereby killing or inactivating microbes. This method's effectiveness is quantified using parameters such as the thermal death point (TDP), thermal death time (TDT), and decimal reduction time (D value). TDP represents the lowest temperature at which all microorganisms in a liquid suspension are eliminated within 10 minutes, whereas TDT is the time necessary to achieve sterilization at a...
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Temperature-Controlled Assembly and Characterization of a Droplet Interface Bilayer
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2021
This protocol details the use of a feedback temperature-controlled heating system to promote lipid monolayer assembly and droplet interface bilayer formation for lipids with elevated melting temperatures, and capacitance measurements to characterize temperature-driven changes in the membrane.
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Fabrication of Microscope Stage for Vertical Observation with Temperature Control Function
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2019
Presented here is a protocol using a temperature-controlled microscope stage that allows a sample container to be mounted on a vertical microscope.
FAQs
Temperature control in a biological system depends on a feedback sequence: sensors detect a thermal change, and effectors produce a response that alters the system’s temperature. Examples include changing blood flow, sweating, shivering, or adjusting metabolism. This arrangement links detection to correction, helping an organism respond when conditions move away from the desired range.
Temperature changes can alter molecular reactions and cellular function, so an uncontrolled shift may affect an experiment’s outcome independently of the variable under study. Maintaining a defined range makes conditions more consistent and helps researchers determine whether observed differences reflect temperature-dependent effects rather than unrelated changes in the experimental environment.
Biological systems respond to thermal changes through sensors, effectors, blood-flow changes, sweating, shivering, or metabolic adjustments. Laboratory systems instead use equipment such as incubators, water baths, heating blocks, and cooling devices to maintain selected conditions. Both approaches regulate temperature, but one relies on organismal responses while the other depends on controlled experimental hardware.
The appropriate equipment depends on the biological task and the temperature conditions required. Incubators, water baths, heating blocks, and cooling devices are identified as laboratory options for maintaining defined temperatures. These systems support work with cell cultures, enzyme assays, and microbial growth, where stable conditions help limit temperature-related variation between experiments.
Temperature control is particularly important during cell culture, enzyme assays, and studies of microbial growth because temperature influences cellular function and molecular reactions. Keeping these systems within defined conditions improves experimental reproducibility. It also allows researchers to examine temperature-dependent effects without confusing them with changes caused by inconsistent laboratory conditions.
By maintaining a defined temperature, researchers can separate temperature-dependent effects from other biological variables. For example, consistent conditions in an enzyme assay, cell culture, or microbial-growth experiment make differences in outcomes easier to associate with the temperature being tested. This improves reproducibility and strengthens interpretation of how thermal conditions influence the biological system.