Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Immunology and Infection
Visualization of Gut Microbiota-host Interactions via Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, Lectin Staining, and Imaging
Katharine M. Ng 1,2, Carolina Tropini 1,2,3
1School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 3Humans and the Microbiome Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
This streamlined protocol details a workflow to detect and image bacteria in complex tissue samples, from fixing the tissue to staining microbes with fluorescent in situ hybridization.
Chemistry
Hydrogen Production and Utilization in a Membrane Reactor
Alexandra R. Rousseau *1, Mia D. Stankovic *2, Curtis P. Berlinguette 1,2,3,4
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 3Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, The University of British Columbia, 4Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Membrane reactors enable hydrogenation in ambient conditions without direct H2 input. We can track the hydrogen production and utilization in these systems using atmospheric mass spectrometry (atm-MS) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
