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Researchers at Brown University have created a new type of dye-free optical probe that can directly sense naturally occurring neural activity by imbedding gold nanoparticles into tissue culture and thus measure the electrical activity of live neurons.

Reviewing new trends and techniques for future chromosome research, this volume draws upon scientists from many disciplines to introduce various nano devices and applications that have been developed for handling the smallest biological materials, especially chromosomes. It details the visualization of chromosomes at nano and micro levels, including the most advanced applications ever employed for Scanning Probe Microscopy; discusses the development of a sustainable chromosome imaging database; examines isolation, comparative proteome analyses, and structural/functional analyses including a new 3-dimensional model; and describes a new antibody production method for chromosomal proteins.

The Institute for NanoBioTechnology is sponsoring the second annual Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium to be held May 1-2, 2008 at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. One prominent theme will be “Nanotechnology for Cancer.”