by | Nov 1, 2019 | Ramani, Vijay, Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Vijay Ramani’s laboratory have developed an electrode decoupled redox flow battery (RFB) with stable electrolyte materials that can generate power densities comparable to all-Vanadium RFBs at less than half the cost.
RFBs are a promising option for …
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Berezin, Mikhail, Binkley, Michael, Meacham, John
— Technology Description:
Methods and devices used for acoustophoresis of biologics have been developed and allow for more than 10,000 fold throughput than existing acoustophoretic devices.
Applications:
1. Isolation of cells in low abundance (immune cells, circulating tumor cells) from whole bloo…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Guruswami, Sundaram, Sharma, Vijay, Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
— Background
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is the second most common form of non-Alzheimer’s dementia in the population under 65 years old. FTD represents approximately 20% of all dementias and onset normally appears in the mid to late 50s. Clinically FTD is characterized by a progressive neur…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Kotzbauer, Paul, Li, Junfeng, Tu, Zhude "Will", Yue, Xuyi
— Compounds with high affinity for aggregated alpha-synuclein, after radiolabeling with C-11 or F-18, 1- 125, 1-123 and Br-76, could be used as PET tracers to measure the level and distribution of aggregated alpha-synuclein in patients with Parkinson’s disease and related diseases such as DLB…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Black, Kevin, Gordon, Mollie, Schroeder, Miriam, Striley, Catherine, Vachon, Matthew
— This is a brief (5 minutes exposition plus just under 5 minutes of questions) video that was designed for epidemiological research in tic disorders (including Tourette syndrome). The video shows lay people the broad definition of tics, so they can more accurately answer questions about whether they…