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Technology Spotlight

Protein Interaction Analysis
By their friends, you shall know them, the saying goes. The same is true of proteins. The majority of cellular proteins are cogs in large macromolecular machines comprising anywhere from two to dozens of... more...

Product Focus

TUNEL Assay Kits
The sensitivity and accuracy of TUNEL (Terminal deoxynucleotide transferase dUTP Nick End Labeling) assays has significantly improved over the years. Current TUNEL assay kits employ techniques that allow for the specific detection of apoptotic-associated... more...

News

First Atomic-Level Look at a Protein That Causes Brain Disease
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Pin1 is Beneficial in Alzheimer's Disease, Detrimental to Some Forms of Dementia
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Brain Reacts to Fairness as It Does to Money and Chocolate
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Rat Study Suggests Why Teens Get Hooked on Cocaine More Easily Than Adults
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Researchers Detail Chemotherapy's Damage to the Brain
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Vitamin D in Brain Function
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Inflammation Triggers Cell Fusions That Could Protect Neurons, Stanford Research Shows
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Concentrating On Different Aspects Of Pain Leads To Breakthrough In Migraine Genetics
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Study In Flies Points to Unisex Brain
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Men More Likely To Have Problems With Memory And Thinking Skills
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High Cholesterol In Your 40s Increases Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease
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Mayo Clinic Finds Exercise Can Reduce The Risk Of Mild Cognitive Impairment
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New Technologies

AutoMate Scientific, Inc - SmartSquirt® Micro-perfusion System
AutoMate Scientific's SmartSquirt is a new micro-perfusion system for the rapid delivery and exchange of expensive compounds in neuroscience research. It delivers as little as 100 microliters of precious drugs and switches between eight solutions in milliseconds from a single Perfusion Pencil® tip. Programmable dispensing, microinjection, perfusion or spritzing is controlled by an AutoMate Scientific ValveLink® or ValveBank® controller. Pulse a valve quickly for reproducible microliter delivery, or leave it on longer for constant perfusion.
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Gentel Biosciences, Inc. - PANDEIA™
GenTel’s PANDEIA™ protein labeling and fluorescent detection kit is designed to label serum, plasma, or whole cell lysate samples for probing against antibody arrays printed on a PATH protein microarray slide.
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Featured Products

PRF&L - Peptide Synthesis
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Shenandoah Biotechnology - Hexarelin
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Molecular Machines & Industries (MMI) - SmartCut Plus
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Cellix Ltd - Mirus Nanopump
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Events

GRC - Myelin
May 9 - May 14, 2008

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Brain Development Symposium
May 12 - May 13, 2008
Organized by Francois Guillemot and Abcam
Topics: Cell fate specification, Connectivity, Migration, Behavior
Speakers: Evelyne Bloch-Galego, Andrea Brand, Mario De Bono, Sonia Garel, Alicia Hidalgo, Rudiger Klein, Patrick Lemaire, Kate Lewis, Jeff Macklis, Franck Polleux, David Price, Lukas Sommer, Pierre Vanderhaeghen
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28th Annual CPS Conference: “Pain Through The Ages – Common Themes”
May 27 - May 30, 2008

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Jobs
Postdoctoral Position Children's National Medical Center District of Columbia USA more...	Postdoctoral Fellowship Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA more...
Oncology Pfizer New York USA more...	Neuroscience Faculty Position Stanford University California USA more...