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Detection of Variation in Highly Polymorphic Mhc Genes by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Using the DCode System

...ghly polymorphic DNA loci. In our laboratory, each technician runs 160 fish per day on DGGE (8 gels) using two DCode systems (80 fish each for daytime (A1 locus) and nighttime (A2locus) runs). Ambiguous scoring of shifting alleles necessitates the re-running of less than 2% of al...

Characterizing galvanizing baths

...eriments can be stored in memory and recalled by a technician for push-button, menu-driven operation. <P>Therefore, spectra can be acquired in seconds, and a time-based scan can be collected at 1 ms/data point. Simplicity is apparent in the automation, computer-controlled variable slits, software, a...

Scaling-Up from Spinners, T-Flasks & Shakers: A versatile bioreactor for mammalian and microbial cells

...oreover, a bioreactor requires only one laboratory technician and lessthan 2 ft of bench space for operation. The most significant decision when scaling up rests in selecting the equipment best suitedto the users needs. Several factors must be considered, including the amount of product required (milligram or g...

New CEO at TDS on tech innovation and leadership (Part 1)

...han a traditional process, where we wait until the technician can go out and test whether or not the customer can get the service, the customer service representative or the customer is going to be able to determine that this is the equipment, here is a neighbor who has this speed, and therefore we can assume w...

Covance spars with animal rights activists

...operative Lisa Leitten, an investigator hired as a technician to infiltrate Covance's laboratory in Vienna, Va. The footage contains unsteady, muffled scenes of technicians restraining frenetic test monkeys. In October 2005, the Circuit Court of Fairfax County ordered PETA to stop infiltration activities for a...

Cash-rich TomoTherapy has no plans for IPO

... the thankfulness he felt towards every doctor and technician that helped save his life. "It's unbelievable what's happening in technology today," Mueller said. "I personally want to thank all of you." From theory to commercialization TomoTherapy was born in the summer of 1988 when Mackie and one of his UW...

Platypus ready to unveil new commercial lines

... assay, compared to other assays, takes a lot less technician time, and is a lot less variable," said Chris Murphy, chairman of the Platypus board and a professor in the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine . The cell migratory assay will be beta...

Third Wave announces two senior management appointments

...e. Prior to entering law school, Ahn served as a technician at Abbott Laboratories. She earned a bachelor of science degree in biology at the University of Illinois and a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law. Meanwhile, Jorge A. Garces, Ph.D., has been appointed vice president of p...

Notion of bandwidth spedometers for DSL, cable sparks controversy

...out not two but three times to check my lines. The technician said my lines are clean, I'm within 500 feet of the central office and he didn't understand the problem. I said there's only a problem from 3 p.m. to midnight. It's very fast at 7 a.m. I was on two congested routers before I decided to pay another I...

Promega spins off RFID 'smart appliance' company

...ey need to restock," said Sylvia Warner, a support technician for the Sam Noble Foundation . The foundation has used the appliances for plant biology research since 2002. Fitting into the RFID universe Although Terso is just beginning to integrate its solution into other fields, company representatives are...

RFID expert says piecemeal approach won't work

...FID to the Verizon Wireless ad campaign in which a technician walks around the country to different spots to check the reception. While it's an attractive and humorous approach for a cell-phone company, it's precisely the wrong approach for an enterprise setting up RFID, he said. "Hopefully, we won't see the Ve...

Medical simulations identify potential problems before they can pose a real threat

...or can play the role of public relations, or a lab technician can take on the job of administration, all of which helps to foster a sense of empathy across the institutional structure. The simulation of roles can extend beyond even the institution, with doctors playing the parts of patients and their families ...

Have you rebooted?

...ger simply look under the hood of a car; a trained technician with the proper computer has to read engine codes to determine that some electronic part that costs something north of $500 is required to satisfy the relentless check engine light that flashes on the dashboard. Technology is so complex the people th...