Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are widely used as in vitro model membranes in biophysics and as cell-sized containers in synthetic biology. Despite their ubiquitous use, there is no one-size-fits-all method for their production. Numerous methods have been developed to meet the demanding requirements of reproducibility, reliability, and high yield while simultaneously achieving robust encapsulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rural India has a severe shortage of human resources for health (HRH). The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) deploys HRH in the rural public health system to tackle shortages. Sanctioning under NRHM does not account for workload resulting in inadequate and inequitable HRH allocation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLabel-free imaging techniques such as differential interference contrast (DIC) allow the observation of cells and large subcellular structures in their native, unperturbed states with minimal exposure to light. The development of robust computational image-analysis routines is vital to quantitative label-free imaging. The reliability of quantitative analysis of time-series microscopy data based on single-particle tracking relies on accurately detecting objects as distinct from the background, i.
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