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Researchers use laboratory tools every day to help them make groundbreaking discoveries. Read on to find out which technologies they identify with the most and why.

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DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch

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Bringing Confocal Imaging to Life with Fluorescence Lifetime Information

Organoid Models and 3D Imaging for Parkinson’s Disease Research

Organoid Models and 3D Imaging for Parkinson’s Disease Research

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Exploring the Latest Advances in Confocal White Light Lasers 

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Changing Identities: Imaging Endosomal Maturation

Discover How Automated Microscopy Streamlines Multiplexed Apoptosis Assays

Multiplexing Caspase-Based Apoptosis Assays with Automated Microscopy 

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In Living Color: Exploring Advances in Quantitative Live Cell Imaging 

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How Wandering Nuclei Shape Developing Embryos

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Izzy Jayasinghe Harnesses Cutting-Edge Microscopy to Image Cells

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Human-Relevant In Vitro Models Enable Predictive Drug Discovery

Advancing Drug Discovery with Complex Human In Vitro Models

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Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

Redefining Immunology Through Advanced Technologies

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Ensuring Regulatory Compliance in AAV Manufacturing with Analytical Ultracentrifugation

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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