Protein engineering approach enables effective immobilisation of thermostable affinity proteins onto polystyrene materials.

After immobilisation of muscle in a shortened position there is a reduction of muscle fibre length due to a loss of serial sarcomeres. Experiments have been carried out to determine whether short, daily periods of stretch prevent sarcomere loss and the resultant loss of range of joint motion. It was found that periods of stretch as short as 1/2 h daily were sufficient not only to prevent loss o...

In this work a new system for immobilisation of cells was developed based on biocompatible alginate bariumfilms. Films are prepared to allow better control over film thickness and produce better film uniformity, avoiding roughness over film surface that can produce fibrosis and rejection after transplantation. In this study monocyte, mononuclear and fibroblast cell lines were immobilised in mic...

To investigate the effect of microbial inoculum on soil heavy metal immobilisation, pot experiments were conducted with paddy soils contaminated by cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), arsenic (As), and mercury (Hg), respectively. The results showed that inoculation Rhodopseudomonas palustris was more effective in immobilisation Pb Cd than composite R. Bacillus subtilis. Interestingly, a lower dosage immob...

The specific immobilisation of a histidine-tagged protein, Spi, onto mono-anchored nickel(II)-cyclam functionalised SBA-15 is reported.

1 Part 1: Covalent immobilisation of IGF-1 on PECVD-Si-Ti for orthopaedic biomaterial applications 1.

We show that the use of multiple photochemistries is necessary to ensure diverse immobilisation of small molecules for binding of polypeptides using phage display and antibody libraries.

A simple, mild and convenient method has been developed for catalytic immobilisation of glucose oxidase (GOx), chemically modified to contain pendant methallylsilyl groups, on an untreated silica surface.

Open field activity was studied in Wistar rats. Animals with low scores of ambulatory and rearing behaviours were grouped as hypoactive and those with high scores as hyperactive. Acquisition of active avoidance learning in a shuttle box was studied in the two groups. Hyperactive rats in contrast to hypoactive rats showed a better acquisition of avoidance learning. Learning was suppressed in bot...