Towards rare earth element recovery from wastewaters: biosorption using phototrophic organisms.

Whilst the biosorption of metal ions by phototrophic (micro)organisms has been demonstrated in earlier and more recent research, the isolation of rare earth elements (REEs) from highly dilute aqueous solutions with this type of biomass remains largely unexplored. Therefore, the selective binding abilities of two microalgae (Calothrix brevissima, Chlorella kessleri) and one moss (Physcomitrella patens) were examined using Neodym and Europium as examples. The biomass of P.

Terbium Excitation Spectroscopy as a Detection Method for Chromatographic Separation of Lanthanide-Binding Biomolecules.

Studies of biosorption and bioaccumulation of heavy metals deal mostly with challenging, inhomogeneous, and complex materials. Therefore, most reports describe only application studies, while fundamental research is limited to indirect methods and speculations on the binding mechanisms. In this study, we describe a method for detecting and isolating heavy metal-binding biomolecules directly from crude extracts.

Comparative LC-MS/MS and HPLC-UV Analyses of Meropenem and Piperacillin in Critically Ill Patients.

Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of beta-lactam antibiotics has become a valuable tool to guide dosing in critically ill patients. The main goal of the study was to compare two routinely used techniques for beta-lactam TDM in intensive care unit (ICU) patient samples, namely isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (ID-LC-MS/MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography combined with ultra-violet detection (HPLC-UV).

Methods: A set of 80 sera/plasma samples from ICU patients receiving therapeutic meropenem or piperacillin dosage was investigated.

Validated Nuclear-Based Transgene Expression Regulated by the Fea1 Iron-Responsive Promoter in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Microalgae are in the focus for the production of recombinant proteins in research and potential commercial application. Inducible promoters represent important tools that potentially allow the expression of recombinant proteins at higher rates. In general, they are used to separate the culture growth phase from the production phase by initiating product formation after high cell densities have been achieved.

Radiosynthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of F-Fluoroglycosylated Octreotate for Somatostatin Receptor Imaging.

Short synthetic octapeptide analogs derived from the native somatostatin peptides SST-14 and SST-28, namely, octreotate (TATE) or octreotide (TOC), bind with high affinity to somatostatin receptors (sstr), mainly to subtypes 2 and 5, which are expressed in high density on neuroendocrine tumors (NET). Therefore, radiolabeled TATE or TOC derivatives represent highly valuable imaging probes for NET diagnosis by positron emission tomography (PET). The aim of our study was the development of an F-labeled octreotate analog as an alternative radiotracer for the clinically established Ga-DOTATOC and Ga-DOTATATE.