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Fatty Acid Methods and Measurements
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012 The Chemical Sciences Division is working to develop natural-matrix and solution-based SRMs that are characterized for fatty acid composition. The … more
Botanical Oils Containing Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012 The Chemical Sciences Division has developed a collaborative program with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the National … more
Saw Palmetto Dietary Supplement Standard Reference Materials
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012 Two Standard Reference Materials containing saw palmetto, SRM 3250 Serenoa repens (Fruit) and SRM 3251 Serenoa repens Extract, have been developed … more
Multivitamin/Multielement Dietary Supplement SRM
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012 The Chemical Sciences Division has produced SRM 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets for use as a control by laboratories making vitamin or … more
Dietary Supplement Analysis Quality Assurance Program
Last Updated Date: 10/22/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Dietary Supplement Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) in collaboration … more
Measurements and Standards for Botanical Dietary Supplements
Last Updated Date: 10/19/2012 As part of a multi-year interagency agreement among the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Institutes of … more
Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging
Last Updated Date: 10/18/2012 Biophotonics is at the intersection of photonics and biology where light is used to image, detect, and manipulate biological materials. This … more
State-resolved Biomolecular Spectroscopies
Last Updated Date: 10/18/2012 Sensitive and fully state resolved spectroscopic methods in the terahertz (THz) and ultraviolet (UV) regions are being developed to investigate … more
Biophysics of Model Membranes
Last Updated Date: 10/18/2012 Synthetic cell membrane constructs allow the simplification and complete control of a more complicated cellular system, … more
Evaluating Measurement Quality of Microfluidic Cell-based Assays
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 Microfluidic technologies show promise as miniaturized, portable platforms for cell assays, but must be tested to establish confidence of … more
Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Cells and Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 A critical challenge in cell biology is imaging and quantifying the interactions of cells with their extracellular matrix (ECM) environment, and … more
Automated Live Cell Imaging for Quantification of Catalytic Rates in Individual Cells
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 To accurately interpret the data from fluorescent proteins as reporters of gene activation within living cells, it is important to understand the … more
Improved Benchtop Connectivity to Complex Microfluidic Devices
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 Despite their promise to enable high-throughput science and discovery, microfluidic devices have not yet been broadly adopted. An important … more
Characterization of Dolphin Lung Endothelial Cells Through Quantitative Imaging
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 A collaboration between the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Hollings Marine Laboratory, and NIST is examining the relationship … more
Cell-based Assay for Mechanistically-based Prediction of Cytoxicity
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 The most commonly used cell-based assays for measuring cytotoxicity often show poor reproducibility, require 24 h to complete, and rely on a … more |
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