Genre innovation and multimodal expression in scholarly communication: Video methods articles in experimental biology [PDF]
Ibérica, 2018 Digital media have the potential to foster genre innovation and change in scholarly communication, by 1) opening up new, diversified audiences to academics, and 2) facilitating the use of a range of multimodal semiotic resources, that combine word and ...
Christoph A. Hafner
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Evaluating methods and protocols of ferritin-based magnetogenetics
iScience, 2021 Summary: FeRIC (Ferritin iron Redistribution to Ion Channels) is a magnetogenetic technique that uses radiofrequency (RF) alternating magnetic fields to activate the transient receptor potential channels, TRPV1 and TRPV4, coupled to cellular ferritins ...
Miriam Hernández-Morales +3 more
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Deciphering cellular signals in adult mouse sinoatrial node cells
iScience, 2022 Summary: Sinoatrial node (SAN) cells are the pacemakers of the heart. This study describes a method for culturing and infection of adult mouse SAN cells with FRET-based biosensors that can be exploited to examine signaling events.
Gopireddy R. Reddy +10 more
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A contamination focused approach for optimizing the single-cell RNA-seq experiment
iScience, 2023 Summary: Droplet-based single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data are plagued by ambient contaminations caused by nucleic acid material released by dead and dying cells.
Deronisha Arceneaux +12 more
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Plasma contains ultrashort single-stranded DNA in addition to nucleosomal cell-free DNA
iScience, 2022 Summary: Plasma cell-free DNA is being widely explored as a biomarker for clinical screening. Currently, methods are optimized for the extraction and detection of double-stranded mononucleosomal cell-free DNA of ∼160bp in length. We introduce uscfDNA-seq,
Jordan Cheng +13 more
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Editorial: Exploration of the role of heme proteins in biology with experimental and computational methods [PDF]
Frontiers in ChemistryDragan M. Popović +3 more
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Tissue clearing and imaging methods for cardiovascular development
iScience, 2021 Summary: Tissue imaging in 3D using visible light is limited and various clearing techniques were developed to increase imaging depth, but none provides universal solution for all tissues at all developmental stages. In this review, we focus on different
Hana Kolesová +4 more
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Dysregulation of ribosome-related genes in ankylosing spondylitis: a systems biology approach and experimental method [PDF]
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021 Abstract Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune rheumatic disease. Few candidate gene associations have been reported for AS and the current understanding of its pathogenesis remains still poor. Thus, the exact mechanism of AS is needed to urgently be disclosed.
Arezou Lari +6 more
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Volumetric mass density measurements of mesenchymal stem cells in suspension using a density meter
iScience, 2023 Summary: To use regeneratively active cells for cell therapeutic applications, the cells must be isolated from their resident tissues. Different isolation procedures subject these cells to varying degrees of mechanical strain, which can affect the yield ...
Christoph Drobek +5 more
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Sensitive label-free imaging of brain samples using FxClear-based tissue clearing technique
iScience, 2021 Summary: Optical clearing has emerged as a powerful tool for volume imaging. Although volume imaging with immunostaining have been successful in many protocols, yet obtaining homogeneously stained thick samples remains challenging.
Boram Lee +12 more
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