State University of New York

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Environment

Measuring Dissolved Methane in Aquatic Ecosystems Using An Optical Spectroscopy Gas Analyzer

Jorge A. Villa¹, Robert Bordelon¹, Yang Ju², Madeline Moore¹, Timothy Morin³, Gil Bohrer²

¹School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, ²Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, ³Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, State University of New York

This study demonstrates an approach to measure methane gas concentrations in aqueous samples using portable optical analyzers coupled to an injection chamber in a closed loop. The results are similar to conventional gas chromatography, presenting a practical and low-cost alternative particularly suitable for remote field studies.

Biology

Confocal Microscopy Analysis of Protein Sorting to Plasmodesmata in Nicotiana benthamiana

Yumin Kan¹, Eli Simons¹, Vitaly Citovsky¹

¹Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York

This protocol describes the selection of optimal plasmodesmal markers for confocal microscopy-based analyses of protein targeting to plasmodesmata during virus-plasmodesmata interactions or plasmodesmal transport.