Cell biology

News and Updates

NIST’s Joint Institute for Metrology in Biology Moves to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

February 07, 2019

The Joint Institute for Metrology in Biology ( JIMB ), founded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (...

A New Way to Measure Energy in Microscopic Machines

June 08, 2018

What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call “free energy,”...

New NIST Service: Extending Traceable Measurements Inside the Human Body

March 23, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve...

A close-up view of cells that have been labelled with fluorophores in blue, green, red and orange to highlight composition.

CHO and Tell

February 22, 2018

Although few people realize it, modern medicine relies heavily on the ovarian cells of Chinese hamsters, not as a...

Publications

Evaluation of sample preparation methods for the analysis of reef-building corals by 1H NMR based metabolomics

February 13, 2019

Author(s):

Erik R. Andersson, Russell D. Day, Cheryl M. Woodley, Julie M. Loewenstein, Tracey B. Schock

The field of metabolomics generally lacks a standardized method for the preparation of samples prior to analysis. This is especially true for metabolomics of...

Innovative Approaches to Combat Healthcare-Associated Infections Using Efficacy Standards Developed Through Industry and Federal Collaboration

October 05, 2018

Author(s):

Dianne L. Poster, Carl C. Miller, Yaw S. Obeng, Michael T. Postek, Troy E. Cowan, Richard A. Martinello

Nation-wide, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) infect one in every 25 hospital patients, account for more than 100,000 deaths and increase medical costs...

Evidence for cortisol-cortisone metabolism by marine mammal blubber

June 21, 2018

Author(s):

Thomas M. Galligan, Lori Schwacke, Wayne E. McFee, Ashley S. Boggs-Russell

Blubber, a specialized form of adipose tissue in marine mammals, has been identified as a useful matrix for the assessment of steroid hormone homeostasis in...

Imaging linear and circular polarization features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry

June 01, 2018

Author(s):

C.H. L. Patty, David Luo, Frans Snik, Freek Ariese, Wybren J. Buma, Inge L. ten Kate, Rob J. van Spanning, William Sparks, Thomas A. Germer, Gy?z? Garab, Michael W. Kudenov

Spectropolarimetry of intact plant leaves allows to probe the molecular architecture of vegetation photosynthesis in a non-invasive and non-destructive way and...

Software

Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)

CLIP is an analysis program for fluorescence lifetime images. It provides the user with the ability to fit or calculate the phasor plots for lifetime decays...

Cell biology

News and Updates

NIST’s Joint Institute for Metrology in Biology Moves to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A New Way to Measure Energy in Microscopic Machines

New NIST Service: Extending Traceable Measurements Inside the Human Body

CHO and Tell

Publications

Evaluation of sample preparation methods for the analysis of reef-building corals by 1H NMR based metabolomics

Innovative Approaches to Combat Healthcare-Associated Infections Using Efficacy Standards Developed Through Industry and Federal Collaboration

Evidence for cortisol-cortisone metabolism by marine mammal blubber

Imaging linear and circular polarization features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry

Projects & Programs

Development of the NIST Prototype Advanced Biometrology Laboratory

Comparative Serum Proteomics Project

Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program

NIST/EDRN Cancer Biomarker Collaboration

Software

Custom Lifetime Imaging Platform (CLIP)