APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: • Point-of-care clinical diagnostics • Remote sensing of hazardous materials • Toxic gas leak detection • Physical incorporation into cell phones or small devices for remote detection, e.g., drones ADVANTAGES: • High specificity in analyte identification • Small in size for field portability • Low power requirement and cost • … [Read more...] about PUMA: Ultrasensitive Detection of Biological and Chemical Agents 2017-054
Biotechnology
A Plant-Fungal Hybrid Peroxidase Engineered for Enhanced Activity and Stability 2016-070
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Pulp and paper processing Waste management Water treatment Pesticide cleanup Plastics ADVANTAGES: Increased pH and temperature stability Expanded functionality compared to competitors ABSTRACT: Lignin is a rich and renewable source of aromatic compounds used as a carbon source for engineered … [Read more...] about A Plant-Fungal Hybrid Peroxidase Engineered for Enhanced Activity and Stability 2016-070
Increased Production of Storage Compounds in Seeds 2016-103
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Agriculture Biodiesel production ADVANTAGES: Substantial increase in seed oil yield No adverse effects on plant growth and development ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have employed an artificial positive feedback loop (APFL) to increase seed oil through the overexpression of a master … [Read more...] about Increased Production of Storage Compounds in Seeds 2016-103
Spectroscopic Imaging and Analysis of Live Cells 2015-077
ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab led by Hoi-Ying Holman have developed technologies for measurement, visualization, and analysis of chemical dynamics in living cells or tissues for diagnostic pathology. Devices can be open- or closed-channel microfluidic membrane devices for long-term IR spectroscopy of live adherent cells and ultimately for rapidly identifying … [Read more...] about Spectroscopic Imaging and Analysis of Live Cells 2015-077
Arrowland: An Online Multiscale Interactive Tool for -omics Data Visualization 2016-102
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY Data visualization for metabolic modeling ADVANTAGES: Convenient data input Flux data visualization Simultaneous visualization of -omics data Embedding in Jupyter notebooks ABSTRACT: Arrowland is a web-based software application primarily for mapping, integrating, and visualizing a variety of metabolism data of living … [Read more...] about Arrowland: An Online Multiscale Interactive Tool for -omics Data Visualization 2016-102