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Ana Nikolov, Milos Drobnjakovic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou
An ontological perspective to addressing sustainability issues in biomanufacturing on the journey to the circular economy is represented in this pa-per. Even though sustainability goes beyond the environmental dimension from the triple bottom line
Milos Drobnjakovic, Guodong Shao, Ana Nikolov, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Simon P. Frechette, Vijay Srinivasan
This paper presents a timely opportunity to ontologize a digital twin frame-work for manufacturing using recently published international standards and proposes a collaborative research effort to accomplish this task. The ISO/IEC 21838 series of standards
Elena Jelisic, Milos Drobnjakovic, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, Hakju Oh
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to attention several supply chain challenges in the globalized biopharmaceutical industry. Demand fluctuations and the ability to effectively repurpose manufacturing facilities, and to dynamically adapt scheduling and
Amanda Bayless, Sandra Da Silva, William Davis, Abraham Kuri Cruz, Tracey Johnston, Stephanie Servetas, Paulina Piotrowski
The gut microbiome plays a critical role in a vast and disparate set of health and disease states, including cancer and obesity. Human fecal is a complex mixture including microbes, proteins, undigested plant matter and fat content according to the diet
Zhiyong He, Edward Kwee, Megan Cleveland, Kenneth Cole, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Hua-Jun He
Abstract Lentiviral vectors (LV) have proven to be powerful tools for stable gene delivery in both dividing and non-dividing cells. Approval of these LVs for use in clinical applications has been achieved by improvements in LV design. Critically important
Brian Searle, Allis Chien, Antonius Koller, David Hawke, Anthony Herren, Jenny Kim, Kimberly Lee, Ryan Leib, Alissa Nelson, Jian Min Ren, Paul Stemmer, Yiying Zhu, Ben Neely, Bhavin Patel
Recent advances in methodology have made phosphopeptide analysis a tractable problem for many proteomics researchers. There are now a wide variety of robust and accessible enrichment strategies to generate phosphoproteomes while free or inexpensive
Ashley Russell, Kerrianne Buchanan, David Griffith, Heather Evans, Dimitrios Meritis, Lisa Ng, Anna Sberegaeva, Michelle Stephens
The 2023 National Institute of Standards and Technology Environmental Scan provides an analysis of key external factors that could impact NIST and the fulfillment of its mission in coming years. The analyses were conducted through three separate lenses
Arang Rhie, Sergey Nurk, Monika Cechova, Savannah Hoyt, Dylan Taylor, Nathanael David Olson, Justin Zook, Adam Phillippy
The human Y chromosome has been notoriously difficult to sequence and assemble because of its complex repeat structure that includes long palindromes, tandem repeats and segmental duplications1,2,3. As a result, more than half of the Y chromosome is
Jerilyn Izac, Edward Kwee, Linhua Tian, John Elliott, Lili Wang
COVID-19 is an ongoing, global pandemic caused by the novel, highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus. Efforts to dampen the effects of SARS-CoV-2, such as mass vaccination and development of monoclonal therapeutics, require precise measurements of correlative
Numerous technologies are currently in development as a next generation protein sequencing platform. Some published approaches make use of side-chain modification to add fluorescent labels and nucleotide tags. One of the challenges in this approach is
Advancements in sequencing technologies and assembly methods enable the regular production of high-quality genome assemblies characterizing complex regions. However, challenges remain in efficiently interpreting variation at various scales, from smaller
This report estimates biomanufacturing (manufactured products made of biomaterials) and advanced biomanufacturing (products manufactured using activities that grow biological molecules and materials along with activities that alter biological material
In Maine, North American Atlantic salmon production has experienced a 20% decrease in the eye-up rate of embryos. The maternal endocrine environment is suggested to be an important factor for ovulation and viable embryos but needs to be further
Kavita Jeerage, Cheryle Beuning, Adam Friss, L. Cinnamon Bidwell, Tara Lovestead
An accurate cannabis breathalyzer based on quantitation of the psychoactive cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) could be an important tool for deterring impaired driving. Such a device does not exist. Simply translating what is known about alcohol
Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, Jennifer McDaniel, Nathanael David Olson, Justin Wagner, Justin Zook, Erik Garrison, Tobias Marschall, Ira Hall, Heng Li, Benedict Paten
Here the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium presents a first draft of the human pangenome reference. The pangenome contains 47 phased, diploid assemblies from a cohort of genetically diverse individuals1. These assemblies cover more than 99% of the
Carl Simon Jr., Smitha Rao, James Dolgin, Stephen Farias, Samerender Hanumantharao
Electrospinning is a versatile tool used to produce highly customizable nonwoven nanofiber mats of various fiber diameters, pore sizes, and alignment. It is possible to create electrospun mats from synthetic polymers, biobased polymers, and combinations
Eun Jin Lee, Paul Salipante, Anthony Kotula, Dana Graves, Stella Alimperti, Yoontae Kim
Epithelial cell function is modulated by mechanical forces imparted by the extracellular environment. The transmission of forces onto the cytoskeleton by modalities such as mechanical stress and matrix stiffness is necessary to address by the development
Nathanael David Olson, Justin Wagner, Nathan Dwarshuis, Karen Miga, Marc L. Salit, Justin Zook
Genetic variant calling from DNA sequencing has enabled understanding of germline variation in hundreds of thousands of humans. Sequencing technologies and variant-calling methods have advanced rapidly, routinely providing reliable variant calls in most of
Single-cell profiling methods have had a profound impact on the understanding of cellular heterogeneity. While genomes and transcriptomes can be explored at the single-cell level, single-cell profiling of proteomes is not yet established. Here we describe
Andrew Lees, Natalia Oganesyan, David Travis Gallagher
CRM197 is a genetically detoxified mutant of diphtheria toxin (DT) that is widely used as a carrier protein for conjugate vaccines. Protective immune responses to H. influenzae b, S. pneumoniae, S. Typhi and meningococcal diseases are obtained by coupling
Greta Babakhanova, Anant Agrawal, Deepika Arora, Allison Horenberg, Jagat Budhathoki, Joy Dunkers, Joe Chalfoun, Peter Bajcsy, Carl Simon Jr.
In the field of tissue engineering, 3D scaffolds and cells are often combined to yield constructs that are used as therapeutics to repair or restore tissue function in patients. Viable cells are required to achieve the intended mechanism of action for the
The presence and impact of variability in cells as the source material for genome engineering are important to consider for the design, execution and interpretation of outcomes of a genome-engineering process. Variability may be present at the genotype and
Zhishang Hu, Wei Mi, Chen Ye, Yun Zhao, Richard E. Cavicchi, Haiying Hang, Hongmei Li
Accurately quantifying the protein particles in both subvisible (1–100 μm) and submicron (≤1 μm) ranges remains a prominent challenge in the development and manufacturing of protein drugs. Due to the limitation of the sensitivity, resolution, or
Rachel Ford, Peter H. Gilbert, Richard Gillilan, Qingqiu Huang, Roisin Donnelly, Ken Qian, David Allen, Norman Wagner, Yun Liu
Multi-injection pharmaceutical products such as insulin must be formulated to prevent aggregation and microbial contamination. Small-molecule preservatives and nonionic surfactants such as poloxamer 188 (P188) are thus often employed in protein drug