NanoBiotechnology Protocols

Authors Sandra J. Rosenthal and David W. Wright

• High Aspect Ratio Gold Nanorods: Their Synthesis and Application to Image Cell-Induced Strain Fields in Collagen Films.- Imaging Intracellular Quantum Dots: Fluorescence Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy.- Imaging of Cell Populations in Atherosclerosis Using Quantum Dot Nanocrystals.- Imaging of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subpopulations in Angiogenesis using Quantum Dot Nanocrystals.- Imaging Single Synaptic Vesicles in Mammalian Central Synapses with Quantum Dots.- Quantum Dot-Based Single-Molecule Microscopy for the Study of Protein Dynamics.- Three-dimensional Molecular Imaging with Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography.- Detecting Respiratory Syncytial Virus Using Nanoparticle Amplified Immuno-PCR.- Gold Nanoparticle-Oligonucleotide Conjugates for the Profiling of Malignant Melanoma Phenotypes.- Methods for Isolating RNA Sequences Capable of Binding to or Mediating the Formation of Inorganic Materials.- Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Mediated Small Interfering RNA Delivery and Silencing Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor in Human Neuroblastoma Cells.- Amino Acid Mediated Linear Assembly of Au Nanomaterials.- Enzyme—Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates: Quantification of Particle Stoichiometry and Enzyme Specific Activity.- In Vivo Testing for Gold Nanoparticle Toxicity.- Methods for Studying of Toxicity of Silica-based Nanomaterials to Living Cells.