Marco Buscaglia

The conformational landscape of DNA aptamers is not that difficult to interpret, after all. See more on Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj…

Microdispensing at the picoliter scale is redefining precision in science enabling ultra-accurate droplet placement for biotech, diagnostics and electronics. A raindrop ≈ 50 µL is 50 million× larger than a picoliter.

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The multivalency of imperfect pairings dominates the efficiency of capture long chains (gene-wide) of single-stranded nucleic acids by surface-immobilized oligomers. For details, see our paper published on @NAR_Open : doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Oxford nanopore sequencing

In ricordo di Marina Cretich scitec.cnr.it/component/cont…

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By the way, it also works for fetal infection… journals.lww.com/pidj/abstract/…

The repertoire of antibodies in our blood keeps memory of a past Covid-19 infection down to a single-variant resolution. This can be revealed by serum antibody fingerprinting using label-free microarrays. doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.…

A gentle reminder!

Accepting an invitation to write a review article Vs. writing it

Nothing is infinitely sharp. The reflected light feels the presence of nanoparticles (or SAR-CoV-2 virus) on the other side, even if not exactly touching the interface. More on this on Small @AdvSciNews doi.org/10.1002/smll.2… #digitaldetection #aptamers #COVID19 #biosensors

Just found out my friend got murdered in his house together with his wife and all his kids. He was a very good man who helped anybody as a principle, even if you weren't close with whatever you might need. A real Kibbutznik. I am broken. Everybody around me getting similar news.

I printed this tweet by @MarkusDeserno and hung it on my office wall. I look at it every time I feel anxious to start my writing.

"Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments." -- Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)

Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, it doesn't bother you any more. -- Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951) 📷AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Margrethe Bohr Collection

The science of global warming beautifully and simply explained by Dr. Carl Sagan, ca. 1985.

Schrödinger's Plates: The plates are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The 1st orders a beer. The 2nd orders half of a beer. The 3rd orders a quarter of a beer. The 4th begins to order, but the bartender cuts him off saying, "You guys need to know your limits." He puts 2 beers on the bar.