摘要:
The invention relates to an actuator apparatus (1) for generating the motion of a tool, in particular for the work on biological cell material, which provides at least one electrically controlled actuator element (3), a motion section (3a), at which a tool can be arranged and which is linked to the at least one actuator element, an electrical control device (11) for controlling the at least one actuator element, an electrical measurement device (12), which is configured to perform a measuring method for measuring at least one electrical capacitance quantity of the at least one actuator element, wherein the capacitance quantity is usable to provide information on the status of the actuator apparatus. Further, a corresponding method for obtaining and utilizing said information on the actuator apparatus is provided.
摘要:
The invention relates to those apparatus that include a disposable microsyringe, whose tubular body is attached by its rear end into the front starting point of a longitudinal void of an intermediate housing, locating in said longitudinal void a moving head movable upon an axis and, which is connected to the rear end of the syringe plunger. It is characterised in that the moving head (9) is also connected, by means of a longitudinal rod (12), to a moving carriage (13) movable upon an axis along the same direction as the moving head (9), and being said moving carriage (13) guided within an elongated tube (8) connected to at the rear end of the intermediate housing (7), as a continuation thereof, incorporating to said elongated tube (8) a motor element, whose actuation drives the plunger (10) by means of a moving head (9), a longitudinal rod (12) and a moving carriage (13).
摘要:
Provided is a method and system for screening chemical compounds or compositions, wherein replicating entities are introduced into the yolk of an (un)fertilized egg or embryo. The method may be extended to elucidate the mechanism-of-action of functional chemical compounds or compositions in the same method and system. The method and system may also be employed for identifying marker genes, marker proteins or marker metabolites.
摘要:
Transgenic rodents having NGF beta gene mutants in their genomes express NGF beta mutant proteins. The preparation methods of the transgenic rodents, the methods of utilizing the transgenic animals to prepare NGF beta mutant proteins and the resulting NGF beta mutant proteins are provided. The transgenic rodents are useful in preparing human NGF and in the study of the functions of NGF beta mutants and their receptors in the whole animal level, and also useful for screening and purifying NGF beta mutants which have high activity and high security.
摘要:
Coinjection of unfertilized mouse oocytes with sperm heads and exogenous nucleic acid encoding a transgene results in transgene-expressing embryos, reflecting nucleic acid-sperm head association before coinjection. Nonselective transfer to surrogate mothers of embryos resulting from coinjection produced offspring expressing the integrated transgene.
摘要:
Techniques for regulating membrane denaturation reactions without resort to any physical shear force. Namely, a method which comprises reacting a stimulus (light, etc.) with a compound which is activated by this stimulus on a membrane such as a biomembrane to thereby induce membrane destruction at a specific site; and membrane structures (cells, etc.) with membrane destruction at a specific site obtained thereby. Use of these membrane structures makes it possible to transfer genes, etc. Materials for causing membrane destruction at a specific site. Use of these techniques makes it possible to easily pierce cell membranes with ultrafine members constituting, for example, microinjectors, micromanipulators or microelectrodes which are hardly usable in piercing cell membranes by the conventional techniques.
摘要:
A particle fixing unit fixes a particle (19). A needle (12) is arranged in such a manner that an angle between a surface on a side of the particle fixing unit on which the particle is fixed and a longitudinal center axis of the needle becomes equal to or more than 45 degrees and equal to or less than 135 degrees. An image forming unit forms, when observing at least one of the particle and the needle across the particle fixing unit, at least one of an image of the particle and an image of the needle (12), based on a light transmitted through the particle fixing unit.
摘要:
A method which comprises bringing a membrane denaturing material, which undergoes a membrane denaturation reaction induced by a stimulus, into contact with at least a part of a membrane (10) or close thereto; thereby stimulating the membrane denaturing material so as to denature the membrane (10); and piercing the membrane (10) by using a membrane breaking member (1); wherein the stimulus is imparted via the membrane breaking member (10). Thus, the effect of the membrane breaking agent on the substance, in which the stimulus is transmembranely injected, can be prevented as far as possible. It is also possible to favorably stimulate a specific site, though the apparatus has a simple constitution.
摘要:
The invention provides a system, system components, and a method for rapidly obtaining and stably maintaining a cell in optimal contact with the cell-contacting surface of a sensor in a cell-based biosensor. In one aspect, the system maximizes the seal between a whole cell and the cell-contact surface of a patch clamp micropipette, maximizing the efficiency of a whole cell patch clamp recording.