Can You Divide a Strand of Hair? The Ultramicrotome
Need Microtomes for your studies? Click here As an Amazon Associate, ConductScience Inc. earns revenue from qualifying purchases What is the Ultramicrotome? Microtomes are specifically designed devices for the cutting of extremely thin sections from samples, for the study of their microscopic composition. Samples can be of biological origins, such as tissues, cells, and […]
Classical Histology: Concepts, Methods, and Applications
As an Amazon Associate, ConductScience Inc. earns revenue from qualifying purchases Introduction Histology is a routine lab technique used to evaluate the morphology and structure of cells, tissues, and organs under the microscope. Histological studies of biological samples often lead to the establishment of structure/function relationships, which may have diagnostic and prognostic value in the […]
Centrifuge Rotors: To Choose and to Maintain
As an Amazon Associate, ConductScience Inc. earns revenue from qualifying purchases Introduction Centrifugation is a laboratory technique routinely used to fractionate a given liquid mixture into single components. The basis of the technique is the application of centripetal forces to a sample by spinning it at high velocity. As a consequence, a centrifugal force originates […]
Ultracentrifugation Basics and Applications
Need Centrifuges for your lab? Click here Introduction Ultracentrifugation is a specialized technique used to spin samples at exceptionally high speeds. Current ultracentrifuges can spin to as much as 150 000 rotations per minute (rpm) (equivalent to 1 000 000 g) (Biocompare, 2019b). However, extreme centrifugal forces may cause overheating, so to avoid sample damage, […]
Made for Spinning: The Centrifuge
Centrifuges – What Are They? Technically, any device that applies centrifugal force to objects by rotating them around a central axis might be called a centrifuge. Centrifuges are devices that apply high-speed spinning to objects, liquid or gas samples, to separate their individual components. Centrifuges contain a rotor where tubes with the samples can be […]
Breaking The Ice – Cryosectioning
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