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What is Metabolomics?

Metabolomics is a field of research that focuses on the chemical processes undergone by metabolites.

14 Feb 2020

Stem Cell Properties

Stem cells are different from other cells in the body. There are three unique properties of all stem cells regardless of their source.

14 Feb 2020

Life Science Applications of Chromatography

Chromatography is used to separate mixtures of compounds and is essential to many sectors of the life science industry.

14 Feb 2020

ATR-FTIR: An Overview

FTIR stands for ‘Fourier-transform infrared’ spectroscopy: a technique that can be used to procure an infrared spectrum of a sample.

14 Feb 2020

Interpreting GC-MS Results

Gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) have been combined to become a popular way of analyzing mixtures in research.

14 Feb 2020

What is Genomics?

Genomics is an area within genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.

14 Feb 2020

What is a pH Meter and how does it Work?

pH is a measurable parameter between the values of 0 and 14, provided the concentration of the solution does not exceed 1M.

14 Feb 2020

Hot Melt Extrusion in the Pharmaceutical and Food Industries

Hot melt extrusion is a manufacturing technique that originated in the plastics and food industries but is now being used in the pharmaceutical industry.

14 Feb 2020

Combating Counterfeit Green Tea with Metabolomic Profiling

Scientists have shown that not all green tea is equal and have devised a method to infer the geographic origin of consumer green tea products.

14 Feb 2020

What is Proteomics?

Proteomics is a field of molecular biology that is concerned with the systematic, high-throughput approach to protein expression analysis.

14 Feb 2020

Examining Microbial Diversity Using Functional Genomics

The main obstacle in microbiology had been the fact that it is not always possible to grow microorganisms in laboratory conditions.

14 Feb 2020

Cobots versus Robots in the Life Sciences Industry

Cobots, or collaborative robots, were designed to work alongside and share workspace with humans, whereas robots take over manual tasks by themselves.

14 Feb 2020

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

A Coulter Counter is an instrument that can count and size the cells in an electrolyte to provide valuable information for researchers.

14 Feb 2020

Microbes in Raw Meat

Contamination of food by microbes is a public health concern around the world. This article investigates the levels of microbes found in raw meat.

14 Feb 2020

Reversed-Phase Chromatography: An Overview

Reversed-phase chromatography is a liquid chromatography technique that involves the separation of molecules on the basis of hydrophobic interactions.

14 Feb 2020

Insulin Signaling Pathway

This article describes the insulin signaling pathway, its physiological effects and the methods by which insulin signaling is regulated.

14 Feb 2020

Advances in Fluorescence Microscopy

In fluorescence microscopy, a specimen emits energy when activated by light of a certain wavelength. Some substances such as chlorophyll and some minerals will do this naturally, while others will need the help of other chemical triggers.

14 Feb 2020

Microarray and Bioinformatics

A “microarray” is a laboratory slide made of glass whose surface is provided with thousands of small pores in defined positions.

14 Feb 2020

Hit to Lead (H2L) Process in Drug Discovery

The hit to lead stage of drug discovery aims to discover compounds of interest from a selection of compounds that demonstrate promising therapeutic effects.

14 Feb 2020

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

A ribosome is the cellular machine that produces protein. It has two primary functional units, or subunits, known as the large subunit and the small subunit. Eukaryotic ribosomes are referred to as 80S ribosomes.

14 Feb 2020