<h2 class="jove_title"><a href="https://www.jove.com/video/54739">Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy (DISE) with Target Controlled Infusion (TCI) and Bispectral Analysis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea</a></h2>Maximilian Traxdorf1, Klaus Tschaikowsky2, Claudia Scherl1, Judith Bauer1, Heinrich Iro1, Florian Angerer11Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head &amp; Neck Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N&#252;rnberg (FAU), 2Department of Anesthesiology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N&#252;rnberg (FAU)The aim of this study was to establish a standardized protocol for sleep endoscopy to differentiate obstruction patterns in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Target-controlled infusion (TCI) of the sedative was combined with real-time monitoring of the depth of sedation using bispectral analysis.<h2 class="jove_title"><a href="https://www.jove.com/video/54802">Insect-controlled Robot: A Mobile Robot Platform to Evaluate the Odor-tracking Capability of an Insect</a></h2>Noriyasu Ando, Shuhei Emoto, Ryohei KanzakiResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of TokyoThe capability to localize an odor source is necessary for insect survival and is expected to be applicable to artificial odor-tracking. The insect-controlled robot is driven by an actual silkmoth and enables us to evaluate the odor-tracking capability of insects through a robotic platform.<h2 class="jove_title"><a href="https://www.jove.com/video/54772">Synthesis of Plant Phenol-derived Polymeric Dyes for Direct or Mordant-based Hair Dyeing</a></h2>Kyung Min Im, Jong-Rok JeonDepartment of Agricultural Chemistry and Food Science &amp; Technology, Institute of Agriculture &amp; Life Science, Gyeongsang National UniversityHere, we present a protocol to use pre-synthesized polymeric products derived from fungal laccase-catalyzed polymerization of plant phenols, either with or without mordant agents (e.g., FeSO4), to induce detergent-resistant keratin hair dyeing within 2.5 hours.<h2 class="jove_title"><a href="https://www.jove.com/video/54774">Three-dimensional Super Resolution Microscopy of F-actin Filaments by Interferometric PhotoActivated Localization Microscopy (iPALM)</a></h2>Yilin Wang1, Pakorn Kanchanawong2,31Department of Biology, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, 2Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of SingaporeWe present a protocol for the application of interferometric PhotoActivated Localization Microscopy (iPALM), a 3-dimensional single-molecule localization super resolution microscopy method, to the imaging of the actin cytoskeleton in adherent mammalian cells. This approach allows light-based visualization of nanoscale structural features that would otherwise remain unresolved by conventional diffraction-limited optical microscopy.

december 2016: this month in jove

Here's a look at what's coming up in the December 2016 issue of <a href="http://www.jove.com/">JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments</a>.
Grant deadlines, training interns, and impossible experiments got your hair turning gray? The first of our videos this month may have just the solution for you...without the toxic chemicals. In <a href="http://www.jove.com/bioengineering">JoVE Bioengineering</a> this month, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/54772/synthesis-plant-phenol-derived-polymeric-dyes-for-direct-or-mordant">Im et al</a> (our Authors) demonstrate a novel formulation of permanent hair dye using natural plant phenols polymerized by fungal laccase. These environmentally friendly dyes color keratin hairs almost as quickly as commercial dyes, and can produce a variety of colors and shades. So now you can look fabulous once again for that conference presentation or thesis defense, naturally...
From looking amazing, to looking at amazing things, our second video highlight this month takes us into the nanoscopic world of three-dimensional super resolution microscopy. In <a href="http://www.jove.com/bioengineering">JoVE Bioengineering</a>, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/54774/three-dimensional-super-resolution-microscopy-f-actin-filaments">Wang et al</a>(our Authors) describe a new 3D microscopy technique based on single-molecule localization and multiphase interferometry. iPALM, or Interferometric PhotoActivated Localization Microscopy, gives the user almost isotropic resolution to 20 nm in all three dimensions, allowing for highly detailed analysis of ultrastructural cell features including the actin cytoskeleton. It's a big development, for some of the tiniest structures around.
Do you ever have that nightmare, with the giant insect flying a fighter jet, shooting lasers at you? No? Good, me either. Because in <a href="http://www.jove.com/bioengineering">JoVE Bioengineering</a> this month, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/54802/insect-controlled-robot-mobile-robot-platform-to-evaluate-odor">Ando et al</a> (our Authors) showcase their Insect Controlled Robot, piloted by a living silkmoth. When docked into the cockpit of the robot, moths are exposed to pheromone odor plumes, and can maneuver the vehicle toward the odor source by walking on a modified track-ball. Biomimetic robots have tremendous potential for tasks including locating explosive or contraband materials, finding disaster victims, or detecting hazardous material spills...so think twice about squashing that bug in your house!
Our final video highlight this month is sleep-inducing...but it's certainly not dull! In <a href="http://www.jove.com/med">JoVE Medicine</a> <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/54739/drug-induced-sleep-endoscopy-dise-with-target-controlled-infusion-tci">Traxdorf et al</a> (our Authors) demonstrate a standardized protocol for Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy, or DISE, to study obstruction patterns during Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In this technique, patients are sedated using target-controlled infusion of the drug propofol. Once the subject reaches the desired precisely-controlled depth of anesthesia, researchers can examine the obstruction levels of even the most heterogeneous groups of patients. This may lead to better outcomes from upper airway surgeries...and possibly less snoring in faculty meetings?
You've just had a sneak peek of the December 2016 issue of <a href="http://www.jove.com/">JoVE</a>. Visit the website to see the full-length articles, plus many more, in <a href="http://www.jove.com/">JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments</a>.

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August 2012: This Month in JoVE

Traditional microscopy requires lens objectives to magnify specimens, and can involve numerous optical components like additional objectives, filters, and mirrors to refract and direct light to optical sensors. The August 2012 issue of JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) is marked by the third publication from the Ozcan Lab (University of California, Los Angeles) on their lens free lens-free "on-chip" microscopy platform, which they have pioneered.
Back in 2009, the Ozcan lab published their first article, which demonstrated the use of a lens-free imaging platform that could image cells within whole blood. This imaging technique involves placing a sample directly on an optoelectric sensor array, like the CCD or CMOS chips found in the standard camcorder. Then, LED illumination from above the sample casts shadows on the chip, which are recorded as digital holograms that can be subjected to image processing. Not only does this lensless imaging system allow for an extremely large field of view (FOV of 0.6-8 cm2), the lack of bulky optical components makes it excellent for microfluidic applications. The Ozcan group demonstrates this in their follow-up 2011 JoVE article, in which fluorescently labeled white blood cells are imaged within a microfluidic chip.
This August in JoVE, the Ozcan group demonstrates further advancements to their lens-free microscopy platform by applying it to tomographic imaging of the nematode, C. elegans. By changing the angle of illumination, using a motorized rotation stage, the Ozcan group shows how multiple holographic slices may be generated for a sample-which, following processing, can be combined into tomograms. The Ozcan group confirms that their 3D reconstruction of the worm is successful by citing that the pharyngeal tube, a 5-micron-thick structure, is only visible in a single slice and in a 3D reconstructed cross section.
The compact and inexpensive nature of the lens-free imaging systems - designed and assembled by the Ozcan group - make them well suited for point-of-care diagnostic applications, or even cell phone based microscopy that can be performed in the field.
At the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at University of California, San Francisco JoVE learns how to visualize morphological changes in single cells using three-dimensional fluorescence microscopy and computer analysis. In this procedure, cells are given agonist, antagonist plus agonist, or no treatment, and prepared for immunofluorescence microscopy. Three-dimensional images are acquired with the help of a two-photon laser system, and the fluorescence data are processed on the computer using Imaris and Matlab.
To demonstrate the power of this technique, our authors quantify single-cell phenotypic changes in transfected HEK293 cells. Three-dimensional morphometric analysis shows dramatic changes in cells treated with agonist. These changes are not always apparent when using conventional 2D analysis. This technique allows morphological changes in single cells to be quantified and characterized in response to pharmacologic stimuli, offering a powerful new assessment tool to the arsenal of drug discovery research.
This month, in JoVE Applied Physics, we travel to South Carolina to visit the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Clemson University. Here, researchers show us how to construct lithium batteries for laboratory research.
The basic components of a lithium coin cell are the working electrode, the lithium electrolyte, and a lithium foil counter electrode. The different components of the coin cell are carefully assembled and sealed with a crimping machine. The finished coin cell can then be characterized in a battery tester. Using their homemade coin cells, our researchers can experiment with using different materials to make the cathodes of lithium coin cells.
This month in JoVE Immunology and Infection, we head to Basel, Switzerland to witness two techniques for diagnosing helminth infections. We also see how investigators perform the shuttle run test in children, in order to assess the effects of these infections on physical fitness.
Helminths are parasitic worms that can live inside humans and animals. Many species infect the intestinal tract, and may be transmitted through soil. Our authors demonstrate the Kato-Katz technique, which is used for diagnosing several common soil-transmitted helminths. They also demonstrate the Baermann technique, which uses light to stimulate the migration of certain types of phototactic helminths out of sample preparations. The various types of helminth species can subsequently be determined based on morphology.
Our authors then demonstrate how to set up and perform a 20-meter shuttle run test for children, and to measure the impact of helminth infections on physical fitness. This method can help determine the true burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections on overall health.
This brief summary highlights but a few notable video-articles that will be released in August. We'll also feature articles that demonstrate how to express genes in the midbrain of the chick embryo, study neutrophil transmigration in parallel flow chambers lined with endothelial cells, and precisely measure proteolytic degradation of the extracellular matrix.

Traditional microscopy requires lens objectives to magnify specimens, and can involve numerous optical components like additional objectives, filters, and mirrors to refract and direct light to optical sensors. The August 2012 issue of JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) is marked by the third publication from the Ozcan Lab (University of California, Los Angeles) on their lens-free "on-chip" microscopy platform, which they have pioneered.

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2012: A Year In Review

Here's a look at some of the milestones and highlights of the year 2012 in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).
At the start of 2012, JoVE reached a major milestone by publishing our 1500th article. In this publication, in JoVE Bioengineering, Yu et al. described a method for analyzing the free radical composition of cigarette smoke. This method simulated cigarette puffing with a single-port smoking device, and combined it with electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy to measure the degree to which antioxidant compounds can scavenge free radicals in cigarette smoke. A possible outcome of this research is the creation of less harmful cigarettes.
JoVE Bioengineering also contained the most-viewed article of 2012. Owczarczak et al. described a method for hacking a standard inkjet printer, loading ink cartridges with a cell-suspension "bioink," and printing lines of live cells onto glass slides. The thermal inkjet printing process creates temporary pores in the cell membrane, visualized by the incorporation of fluorescently labeled actin monomers. This concept, called "bioprinting," has many potential applications in cell and tissue engineering.
Also in 2012, JoVE Bioengineering featured a protocol by Hsia et al. for isolating and purifying spider silk protein, spinning it into fibers, and assessing the fiber strength. This protocol for laboratory-scale production of spider silk, which is stronger than tensile steel, can potentially be extended to large-scale manufacturing.
In JoVE Clinical and Translational Medicine, we featured a number of articles related to stroke, one of which. In one article, M&ouml;bius-Winkler et al. demonstrated placement of the WATCHMAN left atrial appendage occlusion device from Boston Scientific. This device is designed to prevent strokes by trapping clots within the left atrial appendage of the heart before they exit. Our authors demonstrated how to insert the guide wire through the femoral artery into the heart, advance the device into the left atrium, and deploy the device in the left atrial appendage.
Another article focused on stroke, Hamel et al. described the use of a driving simulator to study how patients compensate for visual field defects following stroke. By analyzing the compensatory gaze behavior of patients as they navigated through virtual driving courses with varying degrees of complexity, our authors see great potential for the use of driving simulators in stroke rehabilitation.
In JoVE Immunology and Infection, we published an article by Keyel et al. describing the real-time kinetics of immune cell responses to bacterial toxins using live cell microscopy. Combined with high-speed 3D confocal microscopy, this technique can also visualize the cellular repair response.
Also in JoVE Immunology and Infection, we featured an article by Yap et al. describing methods for diagnosing helminth infections in children. Helminths are parasitic worms that can infect the intestinal tract of humans and animals, and may be distinguished based on their morphology. The same article demonstrated how to measure the impact of helminth infections on physical fitness in children, which is a measure of overall health.
In JoVE Neuroscience, we featured a method by Hoffmann et al., who used tiny headphones to alter the auditory feedback in songbirds, and analyzed the computational and neurophysiological basis of vocal learning in birds when they adjust their singing in response to altered acoustic signals.
Also in JoVE Neuroscience, we moved from birds to bees with a method that assesses associative and non-associative tactile learning in honeybees. This method, by Mujagi&#263; et al., allowed bees to scan different metal surfaces with their antennae, then conditioned them to expect sugar water when their antennae touched particular surfaces, and analyzed the corresponding changes in antennal movement.
In 2012, we launched a brand-new section: JoVE Applied Physics, which features articles on subjects ranging from plasma physics to material science. The Applied Physics section also contained JoVE's 2000th video article, filmed in a synchrotron radiation facility, where Borisenko et al. showed how to determine the electronic structure of complex materials using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.
In the JoVE General section, we published an article by Artioli et al. demonstrating the use of a portable gas analyzer to measure oxygen consumption during complex exercise - such as judo. By analyzing oxygen consumption and collecting blood for measuring plasma lactate concentration, this method can determine the relative contributions of different energy systems to specific aspects of complex exercise.
Finally, JoVE followed Dolhi et al. to a permanently ice-covered saline lake in Antarctica. There, scientists drilled through the ice to study single-celled microorganisms called protists that live in the harsh conditions of Antarctica.
This Year in Review was just a brief glimpse of a few of over 600 video articles that JoVE offered in 2012. Browse the JoVE archives to see thousands of other videos, and stay tuned for what's coming up this year in JoVE: The Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Here's a look at some of the milestones and highlights of the year 2012 in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).

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Here's a look at some of the milestones and highlights of the year 2012 in Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).
At the start of 2012, JoVE ...