Process Flow Update

Recall that we’ve been having a great deal of trouble following the free ligand during our separations of the Bioconjugated Barcikowski particles, and that this trouble also means we can’t see the ligand after centrifuging the pure sample. In the interest of thoroughness, I replicated the assay the Barcikowski lab used to quantify the unbound…

On May 13, Jim McGrath and I are hosting Vincent Tabard-Cossa from the University of Ottawa. We will be interacting with Vincent as a sort of NRG mini-retreat day. See the information below. Vincent’s U Ottawa Page Home Visit Agenda Tuesday, May 13 9:00-10:00AM – BME Dept seminar by Vincent Tabard-Cossa 10:00-11:15AM – Nanomembrane Research…

Hi all, a quick update in case you want to know what we are up too.   This summer it will be just me at the McGrath lab; the main goal is to produce some preliminary data with an eye on submitting an NSF grant in the fall.  The topic is nano-biosensing, using Henry’s shear-free…

Summary Statement: We have doubled our MgF2 yields (compared to nanoporous MgF2) by moving to thicker microporous membranes. While the increase in strength is more modest than initially expected, we have plenty of substrates for use in cell culture. Statistics: Window [mm] Average Std Dev Count 0.1 21.02 8.10 14 0.3 8.18 5.62 17 0.5 4.33…

So I talked a bit with Philippe today about the water permeability data, and he suggested that I try to see if there’s a correlation between what the histogram looks like and the experimental permeability’s relation to the theory. I pulled out all the histograms and here’s what I could find. Two of the membranes…

Nanoparticles Inventory – taken by Karl on 11/2/12. All these particles can be found in the refrigerator. Manufacturer size type amount (approx) expiration date fluorescence (if applicable) BBI 5nm gold colloid 3mL Jan-10 BBI 5nm gold colloid 6mL Aug-11 BBI 10nm gold colloid 2mL Jun-11 BBI 10nm gold colloid 2mL May-09 BBI 15nm gold colloid…