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Scientific knowledge of 96-well plates

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:42:02 +0000

The 96 well plates is one type of ELISA PLATE, is a key role in the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). It's involved in the immunological reaction, such as: antibody or antigen coating, buffer block, etc.

The well plate is manufactured in a GMP clean room. The product quality is strictly controlled in accordance with the requirements of ISO and ANSI/SLAS Standards to ensure the stability of the product batches. The product variation coefficient of each plate hole and batch is less than 5%. The product adopts optimized surface treatment technology, which effectively improves the adsorption capacity of the protein in the high and medium binding capacity ELISA plate, and improves the sensitivity of the product to protein adsorption detection. It can be widely used in various types of ELISA, PCR detection, Cell culture, scientific research, etc. For more information, pls read at What Is A 96 Well Plates.

Biostats

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:17:32 +0000

I'm currently doing btech biotech 2nd year. What do I have to do if i have to take up Masters biostats abroad

Researchers confine mature cells to turn them into stem cells

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:28:34 +0000

Summary: Ongoing exploration has uncovered that develop cells can be reinvented into re-deployable foundational microorganisms without coordinate hereditary alteration – by binding them to a characterized geometric space for a broadened timeframe.

Immature microorganisms are the clean slate on which every specific cell in our bodies are manufactured and they are the establishment for each organ and tissue in the body.
Ongoing exploration drove by Professor G.V. Shivashankar of the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy, has uncovered that develop cells can be reconstructed into re-deployable immature microorganisms without coordinate hereditary alteration – by limiting them to a characterized geometric space for an expanded timeframe.

“Our achievement discoveries will introduce another age of undifferentiated organism innovations for tissue designing and regenerative solution that may beat the negative impacts of genomic control,” said Prof Shivashankar.

Turning back the cellular clock

It has been over 10 years since researchers initially demonstrated that developing cells can be reconstructed in the lab to wind up pluripotent undeveloped cells that are fit for being created into any cell compose in the body. In those early examinations, specialists hereditarily adjusted develop cells by presenting outer elements that reset the genomic projects of the cells, basically making things the same as before and returning them to an undifferentiated or unspecialized state. The resultant lab-made cells, known as prompted pluripotent undifferentiated cells (iPSCs) would then be able to be customized into various cell composes for use in tissue repair, medicate disclosure and even to develop new organs for transplant. Critically, these phones should not be collected from incipient organisms.

Be that as it may, a noteworthy impediment is a propensity for any specific cell that is produced from iPSCs, to shape tumors subsequent to being brought into the body. To comprehend why this happened, analysts turned their concentration to seeing how foundational microorganism separation and development is controlled in the body, and specifically, how cells normally return to a juvenile immature microorganism like state or change over to another phone write, amid improvement, or in tissue support.

Prof Shivashankar’s group of scientists has demonstrated that develop cells can be reinvented, in vitro, into pluripotent foundational microorganisms without hereditarily altering the developing cells, just by binding the phones to a characterized region for development.

Resetting mature cells

At the point when fibroblast cells (a kind of develop cell found in connective tissue, for example, ligaments and tendons) were kept to rectangular zones, they immediately accepted the state of the substrate (the surface or medium that the cells are appended to). In light of past work from the Shivashankar lab, this showed the phones were estimating and reacting to the physical properties of their condition, and passing on this data to the core where DNA bundling and genome projects would adjust in like manner.

The group developed the cells more than 10 days until the point that they shaped circular bunches of cells. Hereditary examination of the cells inside these groups uncovered that particular attributes of chromatin (the consolidated type of bundled DNA) typically connected with developing fibroblasts were lost by the 6th day. By the tenth day, the cells communicated qualities regularly connected with embryonic immature microorganisms and iPSCs. The specialists have now discovered that by binding the develop cells for an expanded timeframe, develop fibroblasts can be transformed into pluripotent undifferentiated organisms.

To affirm that the fibroblasts had without a doubt been reconstructed into undeveloped cells, the analysts at that point coordinated their development, with high effectiveness, into two diverse specific cell writes. A few cells were additionally coordinated once more into fibroblasts.

Stem cell technologies redefined

The physical parameters utilized as a part of the investigation are intelligent of the transient geometric imperatives that cells can be presented to in the body. For instance, amid improvement, the foundation of geometric examples and specialties are fundamental in the development of utilitarian tissues and organs. Essentially, when tissue is harmed, either through damage or malady, cells will encounter sudden adjustments to their condition. For each situation, develop cells may return to a pluripotent, undeveloped cell-like state, before being redeployed as particular cells for the repair or support of the tissue.

“While it is settled that restricting foundational microorganisms to characterized geometric examples and substrate properties can coordinate their separation into particular cells, this investigation appears out of the blue that mechanical prompts can reset the genomic projects of developing cells and return them to a pluripotent state,” Prof Shivashankar clarified.
He included, “The utilization of geometric requirements to reprogramme develop cells may better mirror the procedure happening normally inside the body. All the more vitally, our discoveries enable analysts to produce undifferentiated organisms from developing cells with high productivity and without hereditarily adjusting them.”

job

Sat, 11 Nov 2017 11:28:09 +0000

Good Evening. Myself mala,I am looking for openings in Full Time Jobs in Biotechnology. Area of Expertise - Biotechnology. Qualification : Post graduate in Biotechnolog from anna iniversity . I am a self-motivated individual, a quick learner and a hardworking person..pls help me sir.

Circadian rhythm, chronobiology

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:00:19 +0000

Press Release

2017-10-02

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award

the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

jointly to

Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young

for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/...press.html

Job

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:40:02 +0000

Hi sir I'm BSc bt final yr student, I want to know jobs after graduation

BIOCHEMISTRY

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:44:04 +0000

Hello sir, I'm a final year biochemistry(UG) students. my next plan is to do my PG program in a good institution. What types of opportunities I can get after finishing my PG program. Can you please explain me.?

Biotech

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:16:12 +0000

Sir
I m student of btech biotech first year
And i want to know in what thibg i should concentrate r work to get benefits ahead in my field ahead

CSIR JRF NET

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:08:29 +0000

http://59.163.216.82:8080/jrf/online/index.jsp

This is the link Copy and Paste direct in UR Browser

António Guterres: The New Chief of United Nations (UN)

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:54:59 +0000

January 1st Marked the first day of work for the New Chief of United Nations - Secretary-General António Guterres.
In his first speech, he vowed to make 2017 a year of Peace and said:

Quote:“On this New Year's Day, I ask all of you to join me in making one shared New Year's resolution: Let us resolve to put peace first”

The New Secretary General of United Nations was emotional in expressing that one question weighs heavy on my heart,

Quote:“That is: how can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?”

“Peace must be our goal and our guide,” the new chief of UN said and urged all citizens, governments and leaders to strive for overcoming their differences.

“I appeal to you all to join me in committing to peace, today and every day. Let us make 2017 a year for peace,” he urged.

He was formally appointed by the UN General Assembly to the post of New Chief of United Nations on 13 October 2016.

Mr. Guterres ages 67 and will serve for a five-year period from 1st January 2017 to 31 December 2021.

In the past, his career highlights were:

Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002
UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015.

Khorana Program Application Deadline

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:17:49 +0000

KHORANA PROGRAM 2018

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep Forward are partnering to support the prestigious Khorana Program for Scholars named in honor of Dr. Har Gobind Khorana, who won the Nobel Prize in 1968 for his work at the interface of Chemistry and Biology while a member of the UW faculty. The Khorana Program will provide opportunities to Indian students to undertake research at University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and partner universities in Summer 2018 for a period of 10 weeks. A list of UW partner universities is availablehttp://www.winstepforward.org

The Khorana Program is envisaged to

Provide encouragement to young scholars to undertake R&D
Enable students to carry out research at a premier University in the United States
Transform research into societal benefits Build a seamless scientific community between India and the United States
Eligibility: B.Tech, M.Tech and B.Sc./M.Sc. students currently enrolled in recognized institutions of higher education in India in Biotechnology and allied areas are eligible to apply.
Students pursuing Ph.D/Final year students are not eligible to apply.
Scholarship includes: Stipend, Airfare, Health Insurance
Program dates: May – July 2018
For immediate answers to your questions you may contact:
Dr. Nishritha Bopana
Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
12 Hailey Road, Fulbright House, New Delhi- 110 001
Phone: 91-11- 42691713, 42691700, 42691708
Fax: 91-11-23321552
E-mail: scholar@indousstf.org

Download Documents
- Application Guidelines
- Downwload Brochure
Applications should be submitted using our Online Application Portal for Visitation Programs. Hard copies and electronic copies of the application forms will not be accepted.

Application deadline: 30 November 2017
KHORANA PROGRAM FOR SCHOLARS AWARDS: 2017KHORANA PROGRAM FOR SCHOLARS AWARDS: 2009-2015

Hazardous Heavy Metals and Toxic Compounds found in Pepsi, Coca Cola, 7Up and more

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 09:50:37 +0000

As per a recent study conducted by the government, Five different hazardous heavy metals and toxins were found as contaminants in beverages of PepsiCo and Coca Cola.

Heavy metals found pertained to: antimony, lead, chromium and cadmium while the toxic compound found consistently was DEHP or Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. These contaminants were observed to be prevalent in samples of Coca Cola, Pepsi, Sprite, Mountain Dew and 7Up.

Study was commissioned by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board and it has been indicated that the source of these contaminants in the cold drinks is polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles (bottles they are packed in).

Astonishingly, no permissible limits have been prescribed for heavy metals in cold drinks in India.

Following is a brief of the level of contamination observed:

Quote:Sprite: 0.015 mg/L of antimony, 0.007 mg/L of lead, 0.003 mg/L of cadmium, 0.015 mg/L of chromium, and 0.016 mg/L of DEHP

Quote:Coca Cola: 0.006 mg/L of antimony, 0.009 mg/L of lead, 0.011 mg/L of cadmium, 0.026 mg/L of chromium, and 0.026 mg/L of DEHP.

Quote:Mountain Dew: 0.012 mg/L of antimony, 0.006 mg/L of lead, 0.016 mg/L of cadmium, 0.017 mg/L of chromium, and 0.014 mg/L of DEHP.

Quote:Pepsi: 0.029 mg/L of antimony, 0.011 mg/L of lead, 0.002 mg/L of cadmium, 0.017 mg/L of chromium, and 0.028 mg/L of DEHP.

Quote:7UP: 0.011 mg/L of antimony, 0.004 mg/L of lead, 0.012 mg/L of cadmium, 0.017 mg/L of chromium, and 0.018 mg/L of DEHP.

Stay alert and Stay away from unhealthy foods/ beverages! (AND SPREAD THE AWARENESS PLEASE)

Msc PhD int. course by IIT-KGP

Sat, 25 Jun 2016 03:57:49 +0000

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in collaboration with Indian Association for the cultivation of Science (IACS) has started a new course in Chemical and Molecular Biology (MSc- PhD int.) from academic year 2016-17. Applications are accepted till 16th July. More details is available on www.iitkgp.ernet.in or www.iacs.res.in .Check it out!

Now Detergent in Mother Dairy Milk !!

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 05:59:21 +0000

Nestle's Maggi was already under fire that now Mother Dairy's packaged Milk has come under scrutiny over alleged presence of Detergents in the product! The incidence has come into light once again in Uttar Pradesh (this time in Agra). Though Mother Dairy has categorically denied any sort of adulteration, the findings have indeed raised an alarm amongst the urban population who have been totally dependent upon packaged products of various kinds for their day to day activities/living.

Mother Dairy is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board.

Source: NDTV and ZeeNews

Following is a short clipping of the news piece:

Supreme Court Quashes AIPMT | All India Pre-Medical Test for MBBS to be Reconducted

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:11:25 +0000

The very recent verdict of Supreme Court over the alleged cheating in AIPMT-2015 has given blow to CBSE, as the latter has been asked to freshly conduct the exam within 4 weeks!.

CBSE, which was about to declare the results of the exam (in which over 6 lakh students appeared), to decide the fate of the aspirants for a prospective career in MBBS, has been given strict directions to conduct the exam and that too promptly, without wasting any time.

There are two aspects and consequences of this verdict:

a) It has prevented the alleged cheaters to get admission in top notch hospitals/institutes and later on emerge as crook doctors (expected to spoil the sacred profession).

b) It has given a hard blow to the hard-work and sleepless nights of those who shined in the AIPMT through their own effort. They will have to make that best effort again.

Let's hope the re-conduct is conducted neatly!

The discussion is open to opinions and views.

Thanks