...and most machines have a protocol that automatically performs the normalization step.  Machines Most general-use...different brand of qPCR machine, especially if you’re using a rapid-cycle machine such as a LightCycler,...previously-generated validation data, be aware that different machines, samples, and treatments may affect the assay....running a multiplex reaction or on a rapid cycle machine. Melt Curves An advantage of Sybr chemistry is ... by bubbles in wells, variations in volume, or machine surge errors and allow for well-to-well normalization... likely need to re-optimize protocols for that machine. (Teo, et al, 2002; see paper for more information...information on optimizing for LightCycler machines.) Multiplexing It is possible to multiplex qPCR when using...

...that you come into the lab wishing there was a machine that could make your life a hundred times easier...off our hands. Good news! There is probably a machine or robot out there that does exactly what you want...lot of time. Enter the Biomek FXP! We wanted a machine that would improve our transformation protocol ...played a factor in our decision to go with this machine, but we also really liked that Beckman was flexible...apart before plating. With this fine piece of machinery we have been able to transform 96 samples in about...lab team. Enter the Liquid Handler!     This machine fits on a table top and can be easily programmed...t electronic but it is one of the most helpful machines I have used in the lab. It’s especially useful...

...Thanks to our guest blogger Cameron MacPherson! Cameron R. MacPherson is Lead Data Scientist for the Milieu...post was contributed by guest blogger Cameron MacPherson at the Institut Pasteur CRISPR software and the...such as ApE or commercial workbenches such as MacVector or Benchling. Utility functions: These functions... can also download the software for use on any machine with OpenCL enabled hardware. This OpenCL dependency...genomes), then it is worthwhile buying a dedicated machine. On the offline front, there is a Python script...Pasteur, Paris. You can follow him on Twitter @CMacPhD.          References  1. Ghorbal, Mehdi, et al....

...code of life. In 1944, Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty’s experiment debunked the myth that...to stars in space ships and the rise of killer machines that exterminate entire humanity were the two ... technologies rely on the cellular DNA repair machinery, which can lead to high frequency of indel formation... the use of molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning to develop a predictive understanding ...://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1711-4 Avery OT, MacLeod CM, McCarty M (1944) STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL NATURE...

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... CN, Yang KK, Robinson JE, Mackey ED, Gradinaru V, Arnold FH (2019) Machine learning-guided channelrhodopsin... Arnold’s lab and Viviana Gradinaru’s lab used machine learning to design new channelrhodopsins that are...channelrhodopsin that’s successful in vivo. Using machine-learning to overcome channelrhodopsin design challenges...challenges, the Arnold and Gradinaru Labs developed a machine-learning model to help them construct “designer...

... passes through the machine’s lasers and gives off a signal read by the machine’s sensors. (Usually this...or unbound antibodies.) Each event read by the machine is plotted as a dot on an X,Y axis to generate ...variations in fluorescent signals, and how the machine reads/interprets the signals, the axis is instead...populations. This shape is called a ‘gate’; it tells the machine that everything inside the gate is one population...

...your macromolecule of interest To utilize the natural binding of biotin and avidin, macromolecules of interest...process by which biotin is added to a protein or macromolecule. Biotin can be added enzymatically or chemically...soluble molecule that does not interfere with the macromolecules it is added to. Biotin also has an exposed ...developed several methods to chemically biotinylate macromolecules of interest both in vitro and in vivo. Biotinylation...

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