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Evo fixed tips University of Chicago, Sam Bettis

Little Squirts

By Amy Maxmen | February 1, 2012

A road map to liquid-handling solutions on the market

The assay setup used by the J. Paul Robinson lab at Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories to screen compounds for mitochondrial toxicity. Purdue University, Mark Simons

No Mo’ Slow Flow

By Jeffrey M. Perkel | January 1, 2012

Tools and tricks for high-throughput flow cytometry

Philip Liu with a high-resolution MRI image demonstrating gene transcription in a mouse brain using RNA labeled with superpara­magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (dark areas indicate the presence of the RNA of interest). Laurie Lizotte/REMS Media Services

Brainspotting

By Amber Dance | December 1, 2011

New, minimally invasive techniques for seeing deep inside living brains

Integrated fluidic circuitsFluidigm Corporation

Prime Time for Digital PCR

By Kelly Rae Chi | December 1, 2011

A rundown of tools on the market and in development

In the early 1970s George Church did his graduate research with sequencing pioneer Walter Gilbert. In 2005, he developed one of the first next-generation sequencing technologies. AP photo/ Lisa Poole

Charting the Course

By Jeffrey M. Perkel | October 1, 2011

Three gene jockeys share their thoughts on past and future tools of the trade.

Charles Perou views scanned gene-expression microarray images with Lisa Cary and Katherine Hoadley in his lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Speak, RNA

By Jeffrey M. Perkel | September 1, 2011

A trip through the transcriptome

Output from a BEAST analysis viewed in the FigTree program showing the inferred phylogenetic relationships among >300 ant samples from around the world.Corrie Saux Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History

Learning to Become a Tree Hugger

By Amy Maxmen | August 1, 2011

A guide to free software for constructing and assessing species relationships

Lebazele | istockphoto.com

How Green Is My Lab?

By Jeffrey M. Perkel | July 1, 2011

Doing science sustainably

Track Your Package

By Amber Dance | June 1, 2011

How to follow stem cells transplanted into living tissue.

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Going with the Flow

By Kelly Rae Chi | May 25, 2011

A guide to the new wave of budget, easy-to-use flow cytometers