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Standards for Immuno-Histochemical Imaging: A Biomarker Protein Expression Chip
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used to visualize antigens in tissue sections by specific antigen-antibody interactions, an advantage over … more
Development of SRMs for Serum Proteomics
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Serum proteomics, the detection and measurement of as many proteins in a serum sample as possible, could be an important element of personalized … more
Fundamental Interaction Mechanisms of Engineered Nanomaterials with DNA
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 We utilized isotope-dilution liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to determine the levels of the oxidatively damaged DNA bases, … more
Ontologies and Interoperability in Evolutionary Comparative Analysis
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Many computer-based inferences in contemporary biology are comparative and would benefit from the rigorous and flexible approach of evolutionary … more
Structural Databases
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 We are witnessing the emergence of a web based "data rich" era on chemical and biological compounds. In order to make significant … more
Controlling Microfluidic Cell Culture Environments
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 NIST has taken advantage of recent technological advances to develop polymer microfluidic cell culture systems that provide a level of control … more
Decontamination of Biological Threats in Water Supplies
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 The availability of safe pure drinking water in the United States is taken for granted. The presence of dangerous microorganisms, viruses and … more
Relative Intensity Correction Standards for Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Luminescence measurements have become the methods of choice for new clinical and biochemical analyses due to their high selectivity and … more
Quantification of Cells with Specific Phenotypic Characteristics
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Flow cytometers are versatile instruments that have been successfully used to enumerate cell subsets in infectious diseases (e.g., HIV) and to … more
Thermodynamics of Enzyme-catalyzed Reactions
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 To develop the thermodynamic data and methodology required for effective bioprocess engineering.
Nanoparticle Accumulation and Distribution in Organisms
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 Given the substantial differences between nanoparticles (NPs) and typical organic and inorganic environmental contaminants, new experimental … more
Genotoxicity of Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 10/01/2012 As a result of their novel properties, nanoparticles are expected to be produced and incorporated into consumer products at exponentially … more
Optical medical imaging
Last Updated Date: 12/15/2011 The Optical Medical Imaging program was established to advance the application of optical imaging in surgical, clinical, and medical practices. … more
Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Metamaterials
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2010 Metamaterials are tailor-made photonic composites--combinations of materials designed to achieve optical properties not seen in nature. The … more |
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