— Target: Full length mouse Vb 8.3 TCR but not 8.1 or 8.2. Vb 8.3. Application: Flow cytometryThis antibody was made by immunizing Armenian hamsters. It was used to study the mechanisms that act to keep only one functional TCR beta-chain per cell and the effect of selecting ligand density on positive selection and endogenous receptor usage in mice. Publication: TCR transgenic mice in which …

— Target: CD96 is a T cell-specific receptor indicative of T cell activation. Notes: Clone name NK92.39.1. For use in flow cytometry.Researchers generated the antibodies by immunizing mice with NK92 cells and selected hybridomas that plocked binding of PVR to NK92. These antibodies have been used to study natural killer cell target cell adhesion. Publication: Cutting Edge: CD96 (Tactile) Promotes NK Cell-Target Cell Adhesion by …

— Crry-knockout mouse strain (Crry -/-)Researchers generated mice deficient in Crry by disrupting exon 5 of the mouse Crry gene. The mice are sensitive to complement deposition and activation, especially the C3 component of complement on the surface of the placenta. Publication: A Critical Role for Murine Complement Regulator Crry in Fe…

— Plasmid vectors for shRNA expression, CRISPR reagent delivery, protein expression, reporter (promoter or 3’UTR) assays, and non-coding RNA delivery Efficient gene delivery is problematic, especially in hard to transfect primary cells (e.g. organoids). Commercial piggybac vectors are sparse and …

— Ifnl2/Ifnl3 double knock-out mouse strain This mouse strain is in the C57BL/6 background with Ifnl2, Ifnl3 genes disrupted to create a double knock-out. It was generated with assistance from the Washington University GEIC. This strain was used to study the regulation of the innate immune response t…

— 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 …

— Target: NKp44 is a novel triggering surface molecular specifcially expressed by activated natural killer cells. Notes: Clone name 448.189 Marco Colonna, MDInventors generated NKp44 monocolonal antibodies by immunizing mice with a NKp44-human crystallizable fragment (Fc) fusion protein. The antibodies have been used to study innate and adaptive immune responses. Publication: Paradoxic inhibition of human natural interferon-producing cells by the activ…

— Mouse strain deficient in IL-1 betaInventors created the IL-1 beta deficient mouse strain by targeting the IL-1 beta gene in embryonic stem cells. These mice develop and grow normally. Endotoxin-stimulated peritoneal macrophages from IL-1beta- deficient mice showed normal synthesis and cellular release of IL- 1alpha after treatment w…

— Technology Description Engineers in Prof. Roger Chamberlain’s laboratory have developed a low-cost multiplexing technology for high-speed optical communications in data centers and other short-haul applications. This visible light communication (VLC) system is designed to create distinct par…

— Background: Its unique imaging characteristics and favorable half-life and decay properties make radioisotope copper-64 (Cu-64) most desirable for PET imaging. To meet the increasing demand, an efficient high yielding Cu-64 manufacturing process is essential. To address this unmet need, scientists f…

— Researchers in Prof. Fuzhong Zhang’s laboratory have developed a simple, scalable, broadly-applicable system to enhance fermentation efficiency for biosynthetic production of biofuels, pharmaceuticals, materials and other useful chemicals. Currently, biosynthetic pathways have enabled renewabl…

— Background: Dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases manifests as a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities. Deposits of beta-amyloid plaques and tangles of the tau protein are thought to cause the destruction o…

— Lihong Wang, Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, is a pioneer in the field of Photoacoustic (PA) Imaging. His innovations have enabled non-invasive imaging of living organisms at scales ranging from subcellular to whole-body at depths and resolutions that are simply impossible with any …

— This novel immunohistochemical marker would be a valuable diagnostic aid to the practicing surgical pathologist who is confronted with this particular diagnostic challenge. Companies may license this antibody for clinical testing, or cases may be referred to Washington University for subspecialty c…

— Rabbit polyclonal antibodies were generated using two distinct 20-mer synthetic peptides corresponding to the unique C-terminal extension of HuCKI 3 using standard protocols. Final purification used the corresponding peptide immunogen affinity column. Possible uses: histological detection in tumors …

— This is a monoclonal antibody specific for NT-Pro BNP and can be used singly in a competitive immunoassay to measure the amount of this analyte in blood samples for the purpose of diagnosis or monitoring of congestive heart failure. In addition, it could be used in a sandwich immunoassay with a mono…

— Background: In the U.S., ~15,000 adults and children are medically approved for a liver transplant and ~6,000 liver transplants are performed each year. Unfortunately, 30% of donor livers are unsuitable for transplantation while 1,500 patients per year die waiting for liver a transplant. The high de…

— The invention is a novel photoacoustic imaging technique, termed reversibly switchable photoacoustic tomography (RS-PAT). It exhibits a large penetration depth, a high detection sensitivity, and a spatial super-resolution. The most important feature of this technique is that it significantly incre…

— Background: Current EHR systems require that scheduling changes are performed by the scheduling team acting as a “hub”. The provider is unable to see availability of rooms and resources, especially of those that open up due to pending cancellations. This results in inefficiencies that co…

— Zuum is a health-risk assessment software that serves as a prognostic for various types of cancer.