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Conducting Miller-Urey Experiments
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2014
The Miller-Urey experiment was a pioneering study regarding the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds with possible relevance to the origins of life. Simple gases were introduced into a glass apparatus and subjected to an electric discharge, simulating the effects of lightning in the primordial Earth’s atmosphere-ocean system. The experiment was conducted for one week, after which, the samples collected from it were analyzed for the chemical building blocks of life.
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Non-invasive Imaging of Leukocyte Homing and Migration in vivo
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2010
Here, we describe a non-invasive two-photon (2P) microscopy approach to study leukocyte homing in the mouse footpad. We discuss the technical aspects of our tissue imaging preparation and walk the reader through a typical experiment from initial set up to execution and data collection.
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Experimental Models for Study of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Physiology and Pathophysiology
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2010
We provide a reproducible method for culturing confluent monolayers of human fetal retinal pigment epithelial cells (hfRPE) cells that exhibit morphology, physiology, polarity, and protein and gene expression patterns of adult native tissue. This work has been extended to an animal model of several eye diseases.
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Transplantation into the Anterior Chamber of the Eye for Longitudinal, Non-invasive In vivo Imaging with Single-cell Resolution in Real-time
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2013
A new approach combining intraocular transplantation and confocal microscopy enables longitudinal, non-invasive real-time imaging with single-cell resolution within grafted tissues in vivo. We demonstrate how to transplant pancreatic islets into the anterior chamber of the mouse eye.
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Isolation of Pure Astrocytes and Microglia from the Adult Mouse Spinal Cord For In Vitro Assays and Transcriptomic Studies
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2023
This protocol outlines the isolation of purified astrocytes and microglia from the adult mouse spinal cord, facilitating subsequent applications such as RNA analysis and cell culture. It includes detailed cell dissociation methods and procedures designed to enhance both the quality and yield of isolated cells.
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The finding suggested that immediate memory commonly handles about seven meaningful units, with capacity varying by roughly two units. The important qualification is that a unit can be an organized group rather than a single item. Consequently, the amount recalled depends not only on the number of elements presented but also on how those elements are structured.
Chunking increases effective memory capacity by combining separate items into larger, meaningful units. Because recall is influenced by organization, a person can manage a structured group as one unit instead of treating every element independently. This principle connects memory performance to meaning and arrangement, rather than describing capacity as a fixed count of isolated pieces.
Miller’s approach treats memory as a sequence of mental operations in which information is encoded, stored, and later retrieved. Organization can influence how efficiently those operations handle limited material. This framework shifted psychological analysis toward internal processes and helped support later work on memory, attention, language, and working memory.
Learning materials can be organized into meaningful groups so that several related elements are handled as larger units. This application follows Miller’s emphasis on chunking and organization rather than relying on repetition of disconnected items. It is especially relevant when learners must encode, retain, and retrieve limited amounts of information efficiently.
Miller’s findings provide a psychological context for considering how much information people can handle at once when interacting with systems. Interfaces and information displays can be examined in terms of organization, meaningful grouping, and limits on immediate memory. The connection helps relate cognitive principles to the design of human-computer interactions.
Miller’s work helped establish cognitive psychology as a field focused on mental processes rather than only observable behavior. Its information-processing perspective influenced research on attention, language processing, learning, and working memory. It also contributed to cognitive science by linking psychological questions about internal operations with broader studies of how information is handled.