Rheolution's Resources in Life Sciences

The mechanical characterization of biological soft membranes such as skin, pericardium, or hydrogel-based samples is challenging and often results in sample damage. The Membrane Sample Holder of the ElastoSens™ Bio has been designed for facilitating the loading and the handling of membrane samples allowing proper mechanical testing. In this study, the elasticity of bovine pericardium membranes were precisely measured using the ElastoSens™ Bio...

Enzymes are commonly used in the field of regenerative medicine to degrade native tissues for the extraction of cells and other components, or as a part of physiological-like fluids to mimic in vivo conditions for biomaterials in development. The performance of enzymes can be measured in terms of weight loss or mechanical properties. The viscoelastic properties of kidney tissue during incubation with collagenase was precisely measured using the ElastoSens™ Bio...

Growing demands for quicker cell quantification methods push beyond traditional cell counting chambers, prompting innovative solutions that facilitate accurate counting while diminishing time. Turbidity, reflecting solution cloudiness in the presence of light scatterers, emerges as an effective means to accelerate cell quantification.

In the realm of bioengineering and biotechnology, cells serve as catalysts for the production of diverse valuable products, such as biofuels, pharmaceuticals, antibodies, industrial enzymes, and bio-based chemicals [1]. Within this context, yeast, a widely utilized microorganism, plays a pivotal role. Monitoring yeast growth is of utmost importance to ensure optimal conditions and productivity in biotechnological processes [2]. Traditionally, spectrophotometric analysis has been used to assess the optical density at 600 nm (OD600nm) by measuring the absorption of light by the yeast ...

The sedimentation kinetics of suspended particles provides crucial information for optimizing manufacturing and infrastructure across industries, while also contributing to the design of drugs and cell therapies. Turbidimetry is a quick and nondestructive method to precisely determine the sedimentation kinetics of suspended particles.

The determination of particle size is important in many fields, such as life sciences (nanomedicine, drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioanalysis), chemical, environmental sciences and industries. Turbidimetry is a quick and nondestructive method to estimate particle size following an easy-to-follow procedure.