Manual patch clamping requires considerable skill and experience due to the technically challenging setup requirements, and as such, only allows recording of a small sample of cells (approximately ...

Recently, researchers developed a non-invasive method combining electrical impedance tomography and extracellular voltage activation to evaluate drug effects on ion channels. The resulting printed ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers are a step closer to answering one of the critical questions about the brain – how neural networks in the organ perform the computations necessary ...

The year’s most impressive achievements include new methods to extend CRISPR editing, patch-clamp neurons hands-free, and analyze the contents of live cells. Imaging and manipulating the brain has ...

Sutter Instrument is proud to introduce the latest tool for electrophysiology research, the dPatch ® Digital Patch Clamp Amplifier. Using high-speed digital processing, matched with high-resolution ...

Scientists applied molecular dynamics simulations to visualize how potassium ions pass through a potassium ion channel at atomic resolution for the first time. (Nanowerk News) The patch clamp ...

An automated system for measuring the electrical properties of single cells can operate for hours without human input. Developed by the Precision Biosystems Laboratory at Georgia Institute of ...

Flip-the-Tip Technology Uses Standard Glass Pipettes to Achieve Higher Throughput in Ion Channel Screening The pharmaceutical industry has widely recognized patch clamping as the “gold standard” to ...

The beating of a heart, the ability to learn and remember, and the movement of a sperm cell's tail all have at least one thing in common: They depend on the function of ion channels, the membrane ...