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• Dot Products: Analytical Applications of Enzymatic Growth of Quantum Dots

  The search for time and cost effective as well as sensitive methods for bioanalytical assays is currently of great interest. At the center of Biofunctional Nanomaterials in San Sebastian (Spain), Valery Pavlov and his co-workers are undertaking research in the area of the design and preparation of n more

• Genome comparison tools found to be susceptible to slip-ups

  You might call it comparing apples and oranges, but lining up different species' genomes is common practice in evolutionary research. Scientists can see how species have evolved, pinpoint which sections of DNA are similar between species, meaning they probably are crucial to the animals' survival, o more

• Carbon nanotubes show promise for high-speed genetic sequencing

  Faster sequencing of DNA holds enormous potential for biology and medicine, particularly for personalized diagnosis and customized treatment based on each individual's genomic makeup. At present however, sequencing technology remains cumbersome and cost prohibitive for most clinical applications, th more

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• High Pure PCR Cleanup Micro Kit - Novel Flexibility for Nucleic Acid Purification
  

  Manual nucleic acid isolation with High Pure products is long approved by the scientific community. The product portfolio includes kits for isolation of genomic RNA and DNA, plasmid DNA as well as purification of reaction products. Key goal for all products is to offer optimal solutions suited for many different sample materials in order to reduce the number of different nucleic acid isolation kits necessary in modern molecular biology labs. more

• The Universal ProbeLibrary - a Versatile Tool for Quantitative Expression Analysis in the Zebrafish
  

  The teleost zebrafish is a widely used model organism for the study of developmental and disease-related processes in vertebrates, including humans. Understanding these processes at a molecular and cellular level frequently requires the estimation of gene expression levels. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is an important tool towards this goal but has, until now, been relatively neglected in zebrafish. Here, we describe the comparison of the Universal ProbeLibrary (UPL)-based qPCR to a conventional SYBR Green I-based qPCR assay using embryonic zebrafish cDNA. We found that the Universal ProbeLibrary-based assay shows equal or better performance compared with the SYBR Green I assay. more

• Real-Time PCR Quantification of Plant miRNAs Using Universal ProbeLibrary Technology
  

  MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are naturally occurring, highly conserved families of transcripts (18-25 nt in length) that are processed from larger hairpin precursors. Both plant and animal genomes encode miRNAs, and to date, there are over 4000 mature miRNA transcripts annotated. Although miRNAs represent a relatively abundant class of transcripts, their expression levels vary greatly among species and tissues. Less abundant miRNAs routinely fail detection using technologies such as cloning, northern hybridization and microarray analysis. Here, we present a real-time quantification method for accurate, sensitive, and economical detection of plant miRNAs based upon the stem-loop RT primer approach using an miRNA-specific primer coupled with a stem-loop specific Universal ProbeLibrary (UPL) probe. This approach represents a highly specific, sensitive, and easy-to-apply system to detect miRNAs. more

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