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  • Accurate Mass Measurements with ESI-TOF Mass Spectrometers

    ESI-TOF Mass Spectrometers

    Tuesday, June 12, 2012
    ESI requires no matrix. Instead, samples typically are injected into the instrument via either a syringe pump or liquid chromatography interface, such... read more
  • SNP Genotyping Takes Advantage of Faster Sequencing

    SNP Genotyping

    Wednesday, June 06, 2012
    Genetics moves at a dizzying pace these days. Research journals trumpet new genetic associations almost daily for everything from disease ... read more
  • Getting to the Right Answer with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Tuesday, May 22, 2012
    As its name implies, a high-res mass spectrometer is any instrument capable of resolving closely spaced spectral peaks, such that what appears to be, ... read more
  • Super Clear Images with Super-resolution Microscopy

    Super-resolution Microscopy

    Tuesday, May 15, 2012
    Although microscopists routinely generate beautiful, clear images, those images still suffer from one significant limitation: the diffraction limit. A... read more
  • Choosing the Optimal Ionization Source for Your Mass Spectrometry Needs

    Choosing the Optimal Ionization Source for Your Mass Spectrometry Needs

    Wednesday, February 08, 2012
    Today’s mass spectrometers are faster, more sophisticated and more sensitive than ever. Yet if the molecules that are fed into these machines aren’t ... read more
  • Microscopy for Non-microscopists

    Microscopy for Non-microscopists

    Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    The eukaryotic cell has never looked so good. From the pages of scientific journals to the covers of biology textbooks, cells are being captured at ... read more
  • Spectrophotometers: Finding Your Home in the Range (of Wavelengths)

    Spectrophotometers: Finding Your Home in the Range (of Wavelengths)

    Wednesday, January 04, 2012
    There’s a good chance you don’t know how much of your daily life has been affected by the humble spectrophotometer. An instrument quantifies the ... read more
  • Microcentrifuges: Careful Choices Make for Easier Experiments

    Microcentrifuges: Careful Choices Make for Easier Experiments

    Wednesday, March 16, 2011
    A microcentrifuge, also called a microfuge, is an important piece of lab equipment; it is used to spin small (2 ml or less) liquid samples at high ... read more
  • Green (Energy Efficient) Labs

    Green (Energy Efficient) Labs

    Wednesday, April 07, 2010
    The twin goals of disaster preparedness and conservation have inspired a growing movement toward greener and more energy efficient laboratories. Green... read more
  • General Lab Equipment

    General Lab Equipment

    Friday, September 11, 2009
    Lab equipment fundamentally comes in two flavors. There's the stuff researchers need to drive their specific projects – mass spectrometers, say, or ... read more
  • PCR Plastics

    PCR Plastics

    Friday, January 16, 2009
    Once upon a time, plasticwares for PCR were the same types of tubes used for any other procedure in the laboratory--nowadays, the marketplace offers ... read more