APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Spectroscopy and microscopy ADVANTAGES: Removes the standing wave structure from a ponderomotive phase plate Enables an easier and faster process of aligning the electron beam to the phase plate Ensures data of equally high quality for entire data collection period Tunable phase shift – between 0 and 360° Negligible electron … [Read more...] about Use of Optical Polarization States to Control a Ponderomotive Phase Plate 2019-118
Biotechnology
Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Food products Cosmetics Water and wastewater treatment Pharmaceuticals BENEFITS: Significantly lowers the costs of product recovery from cyanobacterial production strains Self-aggregating properties of the material streamline the processes of flocculation and clarification Enables novel encapsulation and drug formulation … [Read more...] about Polysaccharide Gel 2017-041
Metabolite, Annotation and Gene Integration System (MAGI) and Software 2017-063, 2017-105
APPLICATIONS: Genomics research BACKGROUND: Metabolomics has been used for obtaining direct measures of metabolic activities from diverse biological systems. However, metabolomics can be limited by ambiguous metabolite identifications. Furthermore, interpretation can be limited by incomplete and inaccurate genome-based predictions of enzyme activities (e.g., gene … [Read more...] about Metabolite, Annotation and Gene Integration System (MAGI) and Software 2017-063, 2017-105
Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Radiolabeling Metal separation Water treatment ADVANTAGES: Robust chelators High selectivity ABSTRACT: Researchers led by Rebecca Abergel have developed a new class of chelators – molecules that can bind metals – that incorporate peptoids into the chelator backbone, offering more control over the chelator’s structure and … [Read more...] about Peptoid-Based Chelating Molecules 2017-181
High-Throughput Methods to Characterize Phage Receptors and Rational Formulation of Phage Cocktails 2019-048
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Pharmaceutical / antibiotic discovery Phage therapy ADVANTAGES: Compared to current technologies Less expensive Less laborious Scalable Quantitative ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Berkeley Lab have developed two genetic technologies that enable fast and effective genome-wide screens for gene function. The LBNL … [Read more...] about High-Throughput Methods to Characterize Phage Receptors and Rational Formulation of Phage Cocktails 2019-048