Perfect Pairings

Summer 2024: Perfect Pairings

Some things just belong together. In this issue, we celebrate the classic combinations along with the unexpected—cross-disciplinary inspirations, complementary techniques and technologies, and more.

6 Tried & True Technology Combinations

Check out these recommended “perfect pairings” -- some of our technical experts’ favorite tool combinations at the bench for applications across the life sciences.

How Liquid Biopsy Could Help Guide Treatment Decisions in Breast Cancer

University of Leicester scientist Dr. Karen Page and colleagues have spent decades standardizing liquid biopsy protocols in breast cancer. As protocols improve, more clinicians are pairing this non-invasive tool with traditional treatment plans to monitor drug response, tumor recurrence, and more.

Addressing the Plasmid Production Bottleneck: Automated Maxi-Scale Purification

A first-of-its-kind scaled plasmid preparation technology could help address challenges in raw materials production for gene and cell therapy manufacturing by eliminating hands-on time in pDNA purification.

Addressing the Plasmid Production Bottleneck: Isothermal Amplification in IVT

As mRNA therapeutics explode in popularity, the need for quality plasmids presents a major bottleneck. Isothermal amplification techniques like RCA and LAMP are emerging as alternatives to pDNA in in vitro transcription (IVT) template preparation.

Find your research personality pairing

Discover your research style with the molecular biology personality quiz and learn which personalities you gel best with and how you can collaborate for success.

This lab committed to sustainability certification—here’s how it went

The My Green Lab Certification process helped a Thermo Fisher Scientific in-house cell biology lab benchmark, improve, and build awareness of more sustainable science.

Guide to choosing between two protein purification methods

Dialysis and desalting are two common sample preparation techniques – which one is right for your situation? Our decision tree guide walks you through your options.

The power of combined proteomics and genomics analysis

Discover the benefits of pairing proteomics and genomics assays on the same instrument. Plus, learn how to measure intra- and extracellular proteins and mRNA expression with small sample volumes.

From DNA construction to protein in one day

A new app note explores a cell-free workflow combining Gibson Assembly cloning or self-circularization with rolling circle amplification.

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