biovortexer

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noun

A small vortex mixer used for biological samples.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounbiovortexer (plural biovortexers)

plural biovortexers

  1. A small vortex mixer used for biological samples.

    The mycelium was treated with a sterile micropestle or biovortexer (Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany) for about 1 to 2 min.

    2005 August 1, Gabriele Berg gabriele, Christin Zachow, Jana Lottmann, Monika Götz, Rodrigo Costa, Kornelia Smalla, “Impact of Plant Species and Site on Rhizosphere-Associated Fungi Antagonistic to Verticillium dahliae Kleb”, in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 71, number 8
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    Adult mosquitoes of each group (C, UnPr, and Pr, before and after adult challenge) were homogenized with a biovortexer in 130 μl of PBS buffer. Each sample was centrifuged for 10 min at 10,000 rpm (4°C).

    July 16, 2015, Miguel Moreno-García et al., “Bacterial Exposure at the Larval Stage Induced Sexual Immune Dimorphism and Priming in Adult Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes”, in PLOS One

    2-10 mg mature pollen of tomato or tobacco is obtained by vibrating anthers of open flowers with a biovortexer for about 5 seconds each (Figure 1 AC).

    2015 March 5, Wei-Jie Huang and Wei-Hua Tang, “Measurement of Cellular Redox in Pollen with Redox-Sensitive GFP (roGFP) Using Live Cell Imaging”, in Bio-protocol, volume 5, number 5

    Tissues were lysed in 20 mM Tris pH 7.4, 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, protease and phosphatase inhibitor cocktails (Calbiochem, San Diego, CA, USA) at 95° C for 15 min using a biovortexer.

    2015 November, Cindy V. Leiton, Azeez Aranmolate, Christopher Eyermann, Michael J. Menezes, Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, Solomon Husain, Steve J. Winder, Holly Colognato, “Laminin promotes metalloproteinase-mediated dystroglycan processing to regulate oligodendrocyte progenitor cell proliferation”, in Journal of Neurochemistry, volume 135, number 3

Origin

From bio- + vortexer. BioVortexer is a trademarked name.

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