Isolation and identification of microbes to convert lignocellulose wastes to reducing sugars by Tan, Michelle Wei Qi.

“…The processes included conducting experiments such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), optical density (turbidity) and reducing and total sugars. …”
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Purification, crystallization and structure determination of Thermotoga maritima CorA Magnesium transporter. by Nurhuda Nordin.

“…Here we have successfully crystallized TMCorA in the absence of divalent cations by keeping the sample fractionated after gel filtration. Arguably, crystals grown in such conditions would result in an open conformation structure. …”
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Measurement of adsorption isotherms for storage and cooling applications by Kalra, Deepanshu

“…HKUST-1 Metal Organic framework, FeBTC Metal Organic Framework and Maxsorb III are each paired with Methane at temperatures ranging from 120K to 150K. The pair of Silica Gel and Water is also experimented at temperatures from 308K to 338K. …”
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Microneedles for diagnosis and therapeutic drug monitoring by Thean, Jia Hui

“…This study investigates the reliability used of paper-based MeHA microneedle patches penetrating through the agarose gel to detect the presence of glucose. The microneedles were fabricated with addition of the polymer MeHA into the casted PDMS mold. …”
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Photoluminescence study of graphene quantum dots (GOD's) embedded into SiO2 matrix by M Tanda Erapanni Sukumar

“…Various parameters, such as GQDs concentration, annealing temperature, and Sol-Gel preparation time, were varied to find out the effect which those parameters had, on the photoluminescence of sample. …”
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Caraval / by Garber, Stephanie, author 655982, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.…”
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Knowledge and attitude towards diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients in outpatient clinics at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Zolkiflee, Nur Dafinah Zolkiflee

“…Good attitude to reduce the risk of getting diabetic retinopathy is less than half of the respondents. …”
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Unveiling the importance of controllable growth of c-axis oriented Sn-doped ZnO nanorod arrays: Towards humidity sensing applications by Ahmad Syakirin, Ismail @ Rosdi, Mohamad Hafiz, Mamat, Ruziana, Mohamed, Embong, Z., Kossar, Shahnaz

“…In this study, tin (Sn)-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod arrays (SZO) were prepared using a sonication assisted sol-gel immersion method, with the growth of the nanorod arrays controlled by varying the immersion time in the precursor material. …”
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Engineering of In Vitro 3D Capillary Beds by Self-Directed Angiogenic Sprouting by Chan, Juliana Maria, Zervantonakis, Ioannis K., Rimchala, Tharathorn, Polacheck, William Joseph, Whisler, Jordan, Kamm, Roger Dale

“…Here, we report the engineering of 3D capillary beds in an in vitro microfluidic platform that is comprised of a biocompatible collagen I gel supported by a mechanical framework of alginate beads. …”
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Red blood cell extracellular vesicles incorporated into 3D printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury regeneration by Huang, Chongquan, Jayasinghe, Migara Kavishka, Lau, Kieran, Thi Nguyet Minh Le, Chew, Sing Yian

“…Thereafter, the RNA-loaded RBCEVs were incorporated into gelatin meth acryloyl (GelMA) solution for 3D printing, which could permit physical support and guidance for neural regeneration and act as a reservoir for gene materials.…”
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In vitro analyses of the anti-fibrotic effect of SPARC silencing in human Tenon’s fibroblasts : comparisons with mitomycin C by Seet, Li-Fong, Su, Roseline, Toh, Li Zhen, Wong, Tina T.

“…We demonstrate that SPARC-silenced HTFs showed normal proliferation and negligible cellular necrosis but were impaired in motility and collagen gel contraction. The expression of pro-fibrotic genes including collagen I, MMP-2, MMP-9, MMP-14, IL-8, MCP-1 and TGF-β2 were also reduced. …”
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Incorporating a guanidine-modified cytosine base into triplex-forming PNAs for the recognition of a C-G pyrimidine–purine inversion site of an RNA duplex by Toh, Desiree-Faye Kaixin, Devi, Gitali, Patil, Kiran M., Qu, Qiuyu, Maraswami, Manikantha, Xiao, Yunyun, Loh, Teck Peng, Zhao, Yanli, Chen, Gang

“…We have developed a convenient synthesis method for a modified peptide nucleic acid (PNA) monomer with a guanidine-modified 5-methyl cytosine base. We demonstrated by gel electrophoresis, fluorescence and thermal melting experiments that short PNAs incorporating the modified residue show high binding affinity and sequence specificity in the recognition of an RNA duplex containing an internal inverted Watson-Crick C-G base pair. …”
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A Preliminary Study on the Extrusion Resolution of Pluronic F127 for Bioprinting Thermo-responsive Hydrogel Constructs by Suntornnond, Ratima, An, Jia, Chua, Chee Kai

“…Thermo-responsive hydrogels have gained more attention recently due to their unique characteristic of tunable sol-gel transition when temperature is changed. They have been used for many biomedical applications from drug delivery to fabrication of soft tissue scaffolds via 3D bioprinting. …”
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Analysis of capillary filling in nanochannels with electroviscous effects by Phan, Vinh-Nguyen, Yang, Chun, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…Recent advances in micro/nanotechnologies allow the fabrication of nanoscale structures that can replace the traditional stationary phases such as paper, silica gel, alumina, or cellulose. Thus, understanding capillary filling in a nanochannel helps to advance the development of planar chromatography based on fabricated nanochannels. …”
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Evaluation of carbon nanotubes-phthalocyanine composite coatings as thermal camouflage materials by Yap, Soon Hao

“…This project also compares drop-casting and gel spreading methods to coat paper substrates. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured Cr doped TiO2 materials for photocatalytic applications by Tan, Dunlin

“…The powders were then fabricated into composite films, using the modified sol-gel technique, for ease of application testing. …”
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Synthesis and application of novel bonded cationic β-cyclodextrin derivatives as chiral stationary phases for supercritical fluid chromatography by Liu, Maolong.

“…The fully derivatized β-cyclodextrin was then immobilized onto a vinylized silica gel to provide new chiral stationary phases (CSPs). …”
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Studies of DNA-interacting properties of certain topological enzymes by Lee, Jasmine Yiqin

“…It was found out that the optimum conditions for gel electrophoresis were set at 0.5 unit of human Topoisomerase II alpha at the reaction time of 15 minutes. …”
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Electrocatalytic activity of LiCo1-xFexO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium by Tan, Cherynn Xue Ying

“…The OER activities of LiCoO2, LiFeO2 and the mixed LiCo1-xFexO2 synthesized by low temperature sol-gel method were investigated. Calcination temperature at 400 °C, 600 °C and 800 °C was first performed on LiCoO2 and LiFeO2 independently. …”
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Study of heat driven adsorption chiller and compare its performance data with other adsorption chillers by Chua, Wei Cong

“…This report investigated experimentally the performances and the working principles of a two-bed adsorption cooling system employing Silica gel and water as adsorbent-adsorbate pairs. Experiments were conducted to calculate the performance of the system in terms of cooling capacity and coefficient of performance (COP). …”
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