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Cell-based Immunofluorescence Assays
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 Microscopy images of cells are often used in cell biology to qualitatively identify features of interest and to discern differences between … more
Multiparametric Measurement and Analysis of Cell Behavior on Extracellular Matrices
Last Updated Date: 10/10/2012 Cell responses to their culture environment always involve more than one component. An understanding of the relation between the physical and … more
Potential Primary Measurement Tool for the Quantification of DNA
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The accurate mass determination of DNA and other nucleic acids is of critical importance in many clinical diagnoses and in forensic and molecular … more
Development of Reference Methods and Reference Materials for Proteins
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 A number of proteins show promise as potential markers of health or disease, and commercial assays are being developed for these proteins. For … more
Recertification of Neutral Density SRMs for Regular Spectral Transmittance
Last Updated Date: 10/09/2012 The certification for all SRM neutral density filters expires after two years. We maintain a program to recertify such filters produced by us . … more
26plex Autosomal Short Tandem Repeat Assay
Last Updated Date: 10/08/2012 A short tandem repeat (STR) multiplex assay was developed with 25 autosomal loci plus the sex-typing locus amelogenin for a total of 26 amplified … more
CCQM BAWG - P113, Relative Quantification of Genomic DNA Fragments Extracted from a Biological Tisue
Last Updated Date: 10/08/2012 The US agricultural system is a major exporter of raw materials such as grain and finished foods, a large portion of which consists of commodity … more
DNA Mixture Interpretation
Last Updated Date: 10/08/2012 Based on data collected over the last year from various forensic labs, (see http://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/strbase/mixture.htm ) the majority of … more
Rapid Multiplex PCR
Last Updated Date: 10/08/2012 Forensic DNA typing is currently conducted in approximately eight to ten hours. The process includes DNA extraction, quantitation, multiplex PCR … more
Broadband CARS Microscopy
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 The traditional chemical labeling used in optical microscopy can alter cells and materials, thus impeding determination of their true structure, … more
Rapid Measurement of Aggregation of Protein Therapeutics During Biomanufacturing
Last Updated Date: 10/05/2012 Protein therapeutics is the largest class of drugs made by the biotechnology industry. Aggregation of protein therapeutics is a major safety … more
Dental Materials Project
Last Updated Date: 10/03/2012 Our goal is to provide measurement methods and reference materials to facilitate the rational design of polymeric dental materials, thus enabling … more
Chemical Characterization of Nanomaterial Formulations for Cancer Treatment in Support of the NCI Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 New generations of nanoparticles are being developed to provide early-stage detection and treatment of cancer. Much of the evaluative work on … more
Environmental Leaching of Nanoparticles from Consumer Products
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 Nanoparticle-based consumer products are becoming available in the market at an increasing rate, but the safety of nanoparticles and the … more
Isotopes as Environmental Tracers in Archived Biological Specimens
Last Updated Date: 10/02/2012 There is increasing interest in the analytical and environmental communities in using mercury isotopic fingerprinting to identify source patterns … more |
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