Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Chemistry

Synthesis of Zeolites Using the ADOR (Assembly-Disassembly-Organization-Reassembly) Route

Paul S. Wheatley¹, Jiří Čejka², Russell E. Morris¹

¹EaStChem School of Chemistry, The University of St Andrews, ²J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

A protocol for the preparation of novel zeolites by the ADOR (Assembly-Disassembly-Organization-Reassembly) synthetic route is presented.

Behavior

Probing the Limits of Egg Recognition Using Egg Rejection Experiments Along Phenotypic Gradients

Lindsay Canniff¹, Miri Dainson², Analía V. López³, Mark E. Hauber², Tomáš Grim⁴, Peter Samaš⁵, Daniel Hanley¹

¹Department of Biology, Long Island University-Post, ²Department of Animal Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, ³Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ⁴Department of Zoology and Laboratory of Ornithology, Palacký University, ⁵Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

This protocol provides guidelines for running egg rejection experiments: outlining techniques for painting experimental egg models to emulate the colors of natural bird eggs, conducting fieldwork, and analyzing the collected data. This protocol provides a uniform method for conducting comparable egg rejection experiments.

Medicine

Hemocompatibility Testing of Blood-Contacting Implants in a Flow Loop Model Mimicking Human Blood Flow

Antonia Link¹, Giorgio Cattaneo^2,3, Eduard Brynda⁴, Tomas Riedel⁴, Johanka Kucerova⁴, Christian Schlensak¹, Hans Peter Wendel¹, Stefanie Krajewski¹, Tatjana Michel¹

¹Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, ²Acandis GmbH, ³Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, ⁴Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

This protocol describes a comprehensive hemocompatibility evaluation of blood-contacting devices using laser-cut neurovascular implants. A flow loop model with fresh, heparinized human blood is applied to mimic blood flow. After perfusion, various hematologic markers are analyzed and compared to the values gained directly after blood collection for hemocompatibility evaluation of the tested devices.