For Narges, like for us all, life has not been without challenges. For her, the biggest challenge so far has been moving to Estonia with her family. Even though she would describe herself as a cosmopolitan person, and having had the experience of living in India as a student, her choice to live in Estonia was a totally different story. Coming out of her comfort zone after 10 years of settlement in Iran was the most challenging situation for her, her husband, and her son. It was challenging in terms of language, culture, and especially missing loved ones who were back in Iran. She feels blessed that they overcame the situation and by understanding and supporting each other were able to integrate into their new homeland.
Lyophilization, also known as freeze-drying, is in simple terms a water-removal process that increases product stability and preserves its functionality. Our new SolisFAST® Lyo-Ready qPCR Kit with UNG represents an optimized lyophilization-compatible qPCR solution to enhance the simplicity, convenience, and speed of diagnostic and applied testing.
The running joke with PCR is that if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. Quite often it’s even impossible to determine why some samples turned out fine while the others did not. In a situation like this, it would be amazing to know some trick or a secret to avoid spending all the time and resources to do the experiment again. Here are a few we are willing to share so that you could find love for PCR.
In research, every day different methods are used to discover something new, whether it is a new disease, medicine, or something else. Often these methods were developed long ago and are confirmed to be doing what they are supposed to do. However, as technology develops so do new methods. This is exactly what Professor Steven Williams’ lab is doing at Smith College – developing new methods to be used in research and diagnostics.
As an alternative to PCR, the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) reaction has been developed for DNA detection. The LAMP test is fast, simple, and sensitive.