imOmics in Action

You may know by now that NMT is an excellent tool for measuring physiological functions, but what kind of different tests can you do to get that information? Here are some examples of 3 types of NMT tests: stimuli, simultaneous, and profiling.  Biotic and/or Abiotic Stimuli  This picture shows raw NMT data; this is what you might see unfo...

When you were a kid, your mother may have encouraged you to eat healthy because it would keep you from getting sick. Good nutrition can certainly help your immune system, and funnily enough, the same is true for plants! In agriculture, people have found that the use of potassium-rich fertilizer tends to reduce incidence of disease, leading them to ...

Last month, YoungerUSA's president, Yue (Jeff) Xu, was invited to visit the milk factory belonging to Sanyuan Beijing, a prominent dairy company in China. During this meeting, YoungerUSA shared ideas for how our technology, NMT, could help improve their food safety and quality. Every year nearly 420,000 people worldwide die from food-related diseas...

Great news! We've just launched a new system in the NMT Physiolyzer® series: the IAA Physiolyzer® . This is the very first commercialized system in the world that can measure indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) flux in live samples, a feat which is sure to revolutionize research in areas such as development and signal transduction. So what is IAA? It's a pl...

The question of "nature vs. nurture" is a long-standing debate that spans many scientific disciplines. The idea of our innate "nature" is even more popular with genetic research currently, as scientists eagerly search for the cures to diseases in our genes. However, there is also strong evidence that "nurture' has an important role to play, as our ...

What is the #1 most harmful factor affecting crop growth worldwide? Insects nibbling on leaves may spring to mind, but the real problem is not bugs, but actually abiotic stressors. Rather than living threats, abiotic stressors encompass all non-living negative factors, such as salt, drought, and heavy metals. Abiotic stress research in plants also ...

Q: Is it smaller than a breadbox? A: And bigger than a yeast cell! You won't need all 20 questions to discover what samples NMT can measure! With our technology, the sky's the limit on measurable live samples. This list of 20 measured NMT samples covers examples of plants, animals, and microorganisms, which range in size from organelle to sing...

Colon cancer is currently the third-leading cause of all cancer-related deaths in the United States. It's not easy to talk about, but it may soon get easier to treat. A UMass Amherst research group recently attracted attention for their research on colon inflammation, which is a huge risk factor for colon cancer. They hope this research can lead to...

  We love to answer questions about our technology (NMT) so we've decided to feature some of our most popular inquiries about flux. Flux is one of the unique features that makes NMT so special, and we are excited to share the details with you! Q: What is flux? A: There are different definitions of flux in different areas. Here it is defined as...

If you are a plant researcher who is interested in salt stress, you are not alone. YoungerUSA has been passionate about this particular field for over 15 years, and we're proud to announce that we'll be sponsoring an upcoming Gordon Research Conference dedicated to salt stress in plants. Like YoungerUSA, the GRC organization is a group of creative ...

 Our NMT Research Analyst, Elora, has recently returned to the US from her trip to China. She is now certified as an NMT Technician! Check out these behind-the-scenes photos of some of her lab training, and meet some of the research team. 

"Lab rat" is a well known term for experiment subjects, and many labs do make great use of rats and mice in their biomedical studies. However, more and more fish have become commonly accepted as excellent medical research samples.  One such fish that most scientists will recognize is Danio rerio , the Zebrafish. Its transparent eggs and regene...

YoungerUSA is pleased to announce that we will be attending The 16th China International Scientific Instrument and Laboratory Equipment Exhibition, CISILE 2018. Last year, this show attracted over 18,000 visitors and vendors from over 36 countries, making it a perfect place to showcase far more than lab equipment, as we will present our specialized...

This video discusses the use of IAA in a potential cancer treatment studied in "Recombinant horseradish peroxidase variants for targeted cancer treatment" Bonifert, G., Folkes, L., Gmeiner, C., Dachs, G., & Spadiut, O. (2016). Cancer Medicine, 5(6), 1194–1203., and how Non-invasive Micro-test Technology can be used to further research this deve...

This video first introduces some important components of NMT. It then goes on to show the difference between using NMT vs Traditional Microsensors while studying ionic activity. Check Out More Applications NMT's most popular field is currently plant physiology, but creative scientists are applying it to new fields every day, like diabetes and cance...

 This video is about how NMT can be used to explore the tumor microenvironment. Two papers by Wei M-F. et al, and Song L. et al, are briefly outlined and compared, to demonstrate how NMT proved to be an excellent tool for cancer research. The second paper was able to connect the fluxes measured by NMT to the time of cell death after treatment ...

This video introduces aSMS, a technology that is able to manipulate a volume of liquid that is so small it's only visible through a microscope. This impressive technology can manipulate a volume as small as 0.000000015mL so you do not waste any valuable liquid. This video shows an example of how the aSMS (automatic Sensor Making Station) is applied...

This video shows a real world example of how NMT has been applied into scientific research. Real flux data from "COLD1 Confers Chilling Tolerance in Rice" in Cell, (Volume 160, issue 6) by Ma Y, et al. are displayed to show how NMT can be used to discover scientific breakthroughs. With the help of NMT, scientists were able to examine calcium fluxes...

  Of all new cancer cases in the US, the third most common is prostate cancer. New research in Science this week revealed a deeper understanding of how our own nerves aid the progression of prostate cancer. Now we need a drug or therapy to inhibit this pathway; this could be developed with the help of a technology that can measure Ca 2+ and O ...

The nitrogen cycle is incredibly important in many industries, such as agriculture and waste water treatment. The microbes involved in this cycle are the stars of the show; one bacteria in particular was highlighted in Nature this past week. In addition, NMT could further this research by measuring nitrogen-based molecules in this bacteria. The Pap...