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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are printing blood vessel networks out of sugar.
Archive for the ‘cool tools’ Category
How Sweet It Is: Printing Blood Vessels Out of Sugar
:: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 07-10-2012
Editing DNA with programmable RNA scissors
:: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 06-28-2012Genetic engineers and genomics researchers should welcome the news from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) where an international team of scientists has discovered a new and possibly more effective means of editing genomes. This discovery holds potentially big implications for advanced biofuels and therapeutic drugs, as genetically modified microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are expected to play a key role in the green chemistry production of these and other valuable chemical products.
Becoming a PubMed Expert
:: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 06-14-2012PubMed is probably the most important database used by scientists across the globe. Most researchers will routinely do a PubMed search to look for relevant literature on a monthly, if not weekly, basis. But how many of us really know how to use PubMed to its fullest extent? How much more efficient would our literature searches be if we just knew how to make the most out of PubMed? Luckily, NCBI, has put together a YouTube channel with detailed explanations on how to use many of their advanced products. Here is a video demonstrating how to use the PubMed Advanced Search Builder. Be sure to checkout the NCBI YouTube page for more great videos.
Lighting up the operating room
:: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 04-23-2012Taking the “color by number” concept to a whole new level!
New strategies for decoding genomes
:: Posted by American Biotechnologist on 03-29-2012Following up on yesterday’s post “New Layer of Genetic Information Discovered,” here is a talk by Professor Jonathan Weissman on applications of the ribosome profiling approach. The talk covers:
- Development of ribosome profiling protocols for a wide variety of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.
- Uses of ribosome profiling to globally monitor when chaperones, targeting factors or processing enzymes engage nascent chains.
- Deciphering the driving force and biological consequences underlying the choice of synonymous codons.