Experienced applying wide range of lab techniques that include PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep,
mass spec, and cloning.
Wang Lab / University of Michigan, Ann Arbor • MI 2009 — 2010 Undergraduate Research Student Applied wide range of lab techniques developed during school and lab that included PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep,
mass spec, and cloning.
• Applied wide range of lab techniques developed during school and lab that included PCR, Northern, Southern, Western blots, DNA large and mini prep,
mass spec, and cloning.
We assessed the results using O - 18 dioxygen
mass spec.
What about measuring variations in nutrients, oxygen isotopes... hey,
mass spec each ring — maybe we can determine if the plant has been engulfed in volcanic smoke, forest fire smoke, been bombarded variably by cosmic rays, ultraviolet, cosmic microwave background... lets get this 19th Century botanists pursuit up to speed!
It's much better that there were two independent Greenland ice cores than it would have been if everyone was simply checking the calibration on a single
mass spec.
They don't go through dog's poop with a fine tooth comb and identify the foods by
mass spec.
For example, the robot -
mass spec combo might be useful to dermatologists who often probe lesions on the skin, which have distinct molecular signatures depending on if the lesion is a tumor or normal skin tissue.
«Other people have used an acupuncture needle to poke a sample and then put that in
mass spec, but nobody has tried to do a systematic, three - dimensional surface experiment,» Fernandez said.
Vexing to doctors, the great majority of positive results are false, not because the tandem
mass spec or the other assays have made errors but because certain babies are «borderline normal.»
Tandem
mass spec now screens less than half of the babies born in the United States.
His was one of 12 cases of MCADD detected during the first year of California's experiment with tandem
mass spec.
He is therefore enthusiastic about tandem
mass spec, although it does not survey human DNA directly.
«Tandem
mass spec» is the sharpest new arrow in the quiver of gene testing.
A condition called maple syrup urine disorder, which tandem
mass spec can flag, has an incidence of about one in 183,000 births.
The program that caught Austen Muelder's disease is still preliminary: There is no guarantee that tandem
mass spec will be made available to all of the 540,000 babies born each year in the state.
... [I] t solidified my decision to apply to a postdoc in [North Carolina] where I'd gain experience in
mass spec for cancer proteomics.»
He told me that if you know
mass spec, you can get lots of jobs.
He took blood samples prepared by Cetero chemists and used
mass specs to perform «runs» — tests to see how much of a drug is in patients» blood — that must always be performed with control samples.
Not exact matches
«So we went from this large - scale,
mass -
spec driven analysis to the biochemistry, and got the whole story.
OCR new
spec does not need to know how a
mass spectrometer works but I have some basic information in there to help understanding of what happens.
The brand values of «Corvette» are a Chevrolet high
spec Coupe with V8 Power and RWD, that is affordable to the
masses at a price that undercuts the nearest Euro or Japanese competitor.
Throw in a drivetrain capable of motivating all that
mass to a decent performance
spec, mount a huge amount of rubber to keep it glued in the corners, and the result is a physics - defying highway bruiser.
[23] The wheels are constructed out of lightweight magnesium alloy (20» front, 21» rear) with race -
spec centre - lock wheel nuts to reduce
mass.
Even though equipped with carbon ceramic brakes, the Jag's combination of
mass and speed was simply too much for repeated hard stops (from 180 - ish mph — we drove US
spec vehicles on track).
According to the
specs, the Elise Cup 250 takes just 4.3 seconds to complete the 0 - 100 km / h run, thanks to its 860 kg kerb
mass and engine output — 181kW and 250Nm.
The India -
spec Kodiaq runs on 18 - inch wheels shod with 235/55 Hankoook tyres, which make for substantial visual
mass.
If Amazon asked them to be ready for one, they must know what
specs to prepare for
mass shipping, right?
Even within the Nexus line we are starting to see two different models emerge — a Nexus 5X for the
masses that is both mid-range in
specs and pricing and the Nexus 6P, designed to satisfy the many users that want the pure Android experience, but also would like the top
specs.
Amazon's tweaked the design of the base Kindle e-reader ($ 80 on Amazon) for the first time in years to give the book - reading
masses slightly better
specs.
The smartphone runs on Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich mobile operating system, and features a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM8260 dual - core processor, 16 GB internal storage, a 4.55 - inch high definition touchscreen display with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a 13 - megapixel rear camera with autofocus, 16x digital zoom, and pulsed LED flash, moreover, other
specs also include FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth, DLNA, micro USB, USB
mass storage, WiFi, microSD card slot supporting up to 32 GB and 1850mAh embedded rechargeable battery.
ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell
mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function)
spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test
spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)
The Xbox One and Playstation 4 both boast very high
specs for computers that aren't custom built by gamers and with that kind of power on
mass production, you can almost guarantee that the games will have evolved...
You may think it a bit unrealistic for Sony to try and compete with the 4K PC market but the current cost of a 4K and VR capable PC of similar
spec to the PS4 Pro, far outstrips that Sony's new console and lacks the development clout to make games
masses of people want to buy.
Physics and gaming APIs «specifically designed to bring lightweight, fast gaming to the
masses» will make this particular
spec unlike other mobile offerings.
This usually happens when the molecule encounters a comparatively large
mass that absorbs its kinetic, such as a small water droplet, soot particle, or
spec of floating dust (I'll include «cosmic particulate «radiation» here) at this lower temperature.
We don't have
masses of product
specs at the moment (where are they Sony?)
What a week: Microsoft (s msft) provides its data center server
spec to the
masses (well to the Open Compute Project anyway) less than a week after IBM (s ibm) pretty much got out of servers altogether.
A feature made possible by the Huawei Watch 2's Android Wear 2.0 software and impressive array of
specs, there are already a
mass of compatible apps out there ranging from the fitness - friendly likes of Runtastic and Strava, to communication options such as Facebook Messenger and general utilities like the Weather Channel.
With
specs similar to the 6 - inch Lumia 1520, the Icon has to be more appealing to the
masses, as it has a more compact body.
Yes, it had the
specs to compete with all the other flagships at the time, more so when it featured a then - massive 5.3 - inch display, but by no means was it trying to appeal to the
masses to the same degree — it wasn't, being largely panned for being niche product.
If these
specs are true, the device won't launch this month for sure because the Snapdragon 810 chip isn't available for
mass production just yet.
The flagship devices features cutting - edge
specs and is the first
mass - market smartphone to sport a...
The company announced the launch of their ASUS ZenFone 2 and it quickly gained popularity among the Android
masses thanks to its emphasis on high performance /
specs but also its affordable price.
A smartphone needs to be a jack of all trades with good all - round
specs to be considered a true flagship and to appeal to the
masses.
After photos and
specs of the alleged Google Pixel and Pixel XL showing up all over, Canada's Bell and UK's Carphone Warehouse have taken it upon themselves to inform the
masses that the 2016 Pixel phones will be coming to the two countries very soon.