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DNA-Microarray technology provides a diagnostic tool for studying cancer and genetic diseases, allowing the experimenter to identify disease related genes and predict the tumour type for new cell samples. However, the statistical analysis of microarray data is a time-consuming and error-prone process. To address this problem we have developed a web interface for automatic DNA-microarray analysis, ArrayMining.net, which guides the user through the analysis process and performs automatic parameter

Kinase inhibitors (KIs) represent a new class of rationally designed drugs. The success of Imatinib has prompted the development of other KIs for the treatment of various cancers and inflammation. Although more successful than conventional therapies, myelotoxicity and cardiotoxicity are often major side effects of KIs. In order to predict if newly developed molecules demonstrated significant myelotoxicity or cardiotoxicity, we assessed a number of TKIs using in vitro models.

Natural Vibrio cholerae infection generates a robust B-cell response that wanes for T-cell independent antigens, suggesting that B-cell responses may be mediated in a T-cell dependent manner. Patients with cholera develop a memory-effector T-cell response to cholera antigens, and B-cell activation occurs after T-cell population expansion, suggesting that T-cells may play an important role in the development and maintenance of memory B-cell responses to T-cell dependent antigens.

Nanotechnology addresses manipulation and study of structures and devices with length scales in the 1- to 100-nanometers range. Market growing upto 1 to 2.95 trillion $ by 2015, projects nanotubes to cross US$5 billion by the year 2012. In view of the toxicity that can be posed by it serious problems can threaten to neutralize the gains of nanotechnology.

To manage HTD data effectively and efficiently, we have developed a distributed virtual screening data manage- ment system (DVSDMS) by integrating the open source database MySQL into high throughput docking.

We demonstrate the necessity of quantum mechanics (QM) for predicting binding free energy by comparing the results of the linear interaction energy model with continuum model (LIECE) and the equivalent model with QM (QMLIECE).

Nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) selectively reveals the complete vibrational density of states (VDOS) of a Mössbauer probe nucleus within a protein. Frequency moments of the VDOS determine effective force constants for 57Fe at the active sites of cytochrome c (cyt c) and deoxymyoglobin (Mb).

Concentrated stem cell products obtained from autologous bone marrow aspirate were previously shown to regenerate avascular necrosis of the bone and non-union fractures. The aspirate processing was performed using apheresis technology, however, a detailed protocol has not been published yet. The aim of our study was to develop a clinical protocol using the CobeSpectra apheresis device to process the bone marrow aspirate.

Screening of a natural compound library led to the identification of resorufin, as a highly selective and potent inhibitor for protein kinase CK2. Out of 52 kinases tested only CK2 was inhibited. The IC50 values determined for the CK2 holoenzymes were 1.5 µM and for the free catalytic subunits ca. 4 µM. In different cancer cell lines treatment with resorufin led to cell death and endogenous CK2 was inhibited.

The SRB assay was implemented on a TECAN Genesis workstation by optimizing cell numbers and liquid handling parameters. Anticancer drugs vinblastine, doxorubicin and 5-fluorouracil were used for standardizing the assay with a DU-145 cell line. To screen the antiproliferative activities of a series of stilbene derivatives, altogether 121 different stilbene structures, a plate layout was designed on 96-well format.