Tracking Molecules at Turbo Speed

Researchers devise method to speed up observations of high-throughput microbiological process

17-Jan-2024 - Being able to observe micro-organisms and their cellular components is key to understanding fundamental processes that go on inside cells—and thus potentially developing new medical treatments. Microbiologists and biophysicists from the University of Bonn have now developed a method that makes ...

Visibly more movement: researchers develop new microscope for immune cells

High-throughput analysis of drug substances: 60 times faster than conventional microscopes

13-Dec-2023 - Immune cells fight infectious agents, for example, or search for developing cancers. To do this, they constantly migrate through the tissues of our body. In the wrong place, however, immune cells such as neutrophil granulocytes can also cause damage: If these white blood cells infiltrate tumors, ...

Method to safely study COVID-19, other contagious diseases developed

SARS-CoV-2 nanoparticle probes are used to study fundamental interactions between SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteins and human cells

22-Sep-2020 - Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), submitted their findings to ACS Nano on their collaboration to develop SARS-CoV-2 nanoparticle probes that are used to study fundamental interactions between ...

RNA structures by the thousands

New method to determine the structures of all RNA molecules in a bacterial cell at once: In the past, it would have taken many research careers

19-Jun-2020 - Every cell contains thousands of different RNA molecules. In the past, it would have taken many research careers to decipher their structures using traditional methods. But not anymore. Researchers from Bochum and Münster have developed a new method to determine the structures of all RNA ...

University of Innsbruck develops novel corona test method

02-Apr-2020 - Michael Traugott and the spin-off company Sinsoma GmbH, together with the Departments of Zoology and Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck, are developing a new PCR system for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This new PCR method works with different analytical materials that are ...

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures

Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterise chemical mixtures

27-Jan-2020 - In the past, it was sufficient to identify individual chemicals as the cause of detrimental effects on humans and the environment. But in the meantime, it has become apparent that this approach falls short of the mark. This is because the real world is marked by multiple stressors, among them ...