<a href="https://www.jove.com/video/50175">Minimal Erythema Dose (MED) Testing</a>
Carolyn J. Heckman1, Rachel Chandler2, Jacqueline D. Kloss3, Amy Benson2, Deborah Rooney2, Teja Munshi1, Susan D. Darlow1, Clifford Perlis4, Sharon L. Manne5, David W. Oslin2
1Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 4Department of Medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Canter, 5Cancer Prevention and Control Program, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
This article describes how to conduct minimal erythema dose (MED) testing in order to determine the lowest dose of ultraviolet radiation that will cause erythema (burning) when administered to an individual.
<a href="https://www.jove.com/video/50344">Measuring Intracellular Ca2+ Changes in Human Sperm Using Four Techniques: Conventional Fluorometry, Stopped Flow Fluorometry, Flow Cytometry and Single Cell Imaging</a>
Esperanza Mata-Mart&iacute;nez1, Omar Jos&eacute;1, Paulina Torres-Rodr&iacute;guez1, Alejandra Sol&iacute;s-L&oacute;pez1, Ana A. S&aacute;nchez-Tusie1, Yoloxochitl S&aacute;nchez-Guevara1, Marcela B. Trevi&ntilde;o2, Claudia L. Trevi&ntilde;o1
1Departamento de Gen&eacute;tica del Desarrollo y Fisiolog&iacute;a Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnolog&iacute;a-Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, 2Math and Sciences Department, Edison State College
Intracellular Ca2+ dynamics are very important in sperm physiology and Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dyes constitute a versatile tool to study them. Population experiments (fluorometry and stopped flow fluorometry) and single cell experiments (flow cytometry and single cell imaging) are used to track spatio-temporal [Ca2+] changes in human sperm cells.
<a href="https://www.jove.com/video/50492">Air Filter Devices Including Nonwoven Meshes of Electrospun Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins</a>
Gregor Lang, Stephan Jokisch, Thomas Scheibel
Biomaterials Research Group, University of Bayreuth
Spider silk fibers display extraordinary mechanical properties. Engineered Araneus diadematus Fibroin 4 (eADF4) can be processed into nonwoven meshes using electrospinning. Here, the eADF4 nonwoven meshes are used to improve the performance of air filtering devices.
<a href="https://www.jove.com/video/4439">Ex vivo Live Imaging of Single Cell Divisions in Mouse Neuroepithelium</a>
Karolina Piotrowska-Nitsche1,2, Tamara Caspary1
1<a href="/institutions/NA-north-america/US-united-states/GA-georgia/24832-emory-university">Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine</a>, 2Department of Experimental Embryology, IGAB Polish Academy of Sciences
Here we develop the tools necessary for ex vivo live imaging to trace single cell divisions in the mouse E8.5 neuroepithelium
<a href="https://www.jove.com/video/50047">Quantitative Analysis of Autophagy using Advanced 3D Fluorescence Microscopy</a>
Chun A. Changou1, Deanna L. Wolfson2, Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia3, Richard J. Bold4, Hsing-Jien Kung5, Frank Y.S. Chuang6
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, NSF Center for Biophotonics Science &amp; Technology, 2NSF Center for Biophotonics Science &amp; Technology, University of California, Davis, 3NSF Center for Biophotonics Science &amp; Technology, University of Troms&oslash;, 4Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, 5Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 6Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis
Autophagy is a ubiquitous process that enables cells to degrade and recycle proteins and organelles. We apply advanced fluorescence microscopy to visualize and quantify the small, but essential, physical changes associated with the induction of autophagy, including the formation and distribution of autophagosomes and lysosomes, and their fusion into autolysosomes.

No conflicts of interest declared.

may 2013: this month in jove

Here's a look at what's coming up in the <a href="http://www.jove.com/archive/75">May 2013 issue</a> of JoVE - The Journal of Visualized Experiments.
What came first: the chicken or the egg? This fundamental question lacks a vital component of reproduction: the sperm. Before anything can happen, a sperm cell must swim to the egg and fuse with it. These events are largely dependent on signal transduction pathways mediated by calcium ions (Ca2+). Therefore, to study sperm function, it is useful to measure changes in Ca2+ concentration in spermatozoa. This can be facilitated by calcium-sensitive fluorescent dyes, which <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/50344">Mata-Mart&iacute;nez et al.</a> use in four fluorometric techniques to monitor Ca2+ dynamics in human sperm: conventional fluorometry, stopped flow fluorometry, flow cytometry, and single cell imaging.
Moving along to another part of the male reproductive tract, we feature an article concerning prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in men in the United States. In human prostate cancer cells, an enzyme called arginine deiminase (ADI) was recently demonstrated to induce autophagy, a mechanism of cell death in which a cell essentially eats its own components. To further study this mechanism, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/50047">Changou et al.</a> developed an imaging-based approach using quantitative 3D fluorescence microscopy, allowing them to precisely track morphological changes as cells undergo autophagy. This technique will help researchers study potential therapeutics for prostate cancer.
In <a href="http://www.jove.com/bioengineering">JoVE Bioengineering</a>, past articles have presented methods for isolating silk-producing glands from spiders, producing recombinant spider silk proteins in bacteria, and spinning purified proteins into fibers for potential biomedical applications (<a href="http://www.jove.com/video/2382">Jeffrey et al., 2011</a>; <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/4191">Hsia et al., 2012</a>). This month, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/50492">Lang et al.</a> present a new application for spider silk: making air filter devices with a nonwoven mesh of electrospun recombinant spider silk proteins. If commercial filters are coated with a layer of spider silk, their filtering efficiency may be improved. The authors demonstrate how to electrospin the fibers, treat the nonwoven silk meshes, and analyze the meshes using scanning election microscopy (SEM). Finally, the authors demonstrate air permeability and filter efficiency.
In <a href="http://www.jove.com/ctm">JoVE Clinical &amp; Translational Medicine</a>, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/50175">Heckman et al.</a> demonstrate a method for determining the lowest dose of ultraviolet light that will cause erythema (sunburn) in an individual. UV light is often used to treat various skin conditions, such as psoriasis, acne, and eczema; because not all people are equally sensitive to UV light, this method can help determine the appropriate dose to administer. A Daavlin patch is used to control both the area and duration of UV exposure on the skin. The next day, changes in skin color are assessed to determine the lowest UV dose required to cause erythema.
In <a href="http://www.jove.com/neuro">JoVE Neuroscience</a>, <a href="http://www.jove.com/video/4439">Piotrowska-Nitsche and Caspary</a> demonstrate how to culture slices of embryonic mouse neuroepithelium and perform live imaging of various fluorescent markers. This method allows researchers to monitor cell behavior, such as single cell divisions, in situ and in real time.
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