About the Book
1. Tumor Staging and Grading: A Primer
Stacy M. Telloni
2. Innovations in Clinical Trial Design in the Era of Molecular Profiling
Julia D. Wulfkuhle, Alexander Spira, Kirsten H. Edmiston, and Emanuel F. Petricoin
3. Personalized Medicine: Ethical Aspects
G. Terry Sharrer 4. Antibody Validation by Western Blotting Michele Signore, Valeria Manganelli and Alex Hodge
5. Scanning Electron Microscopy Sample Preparation and Imaging
Jenny Ngoc Tran Nguyen and Amanda M. Harbison
Claudius Mueller, Michael G. Harpole, and Virginia Espina
7. Application of Hydrogel Nanoparticles for the Capture, Concentration, and Preservation of Low-Abundance Biomarkers
Ruben Magni and Alessandra Luchini
8. Using Laser Capture Microdissection to Isolate Cortical Laminae in Non-human Primate Brain
Brian A. Corgiat and Claudius Mueller
9. Western Blot Techniques
Brianna Kim
10. ELISA for Monitoring Nerve Growth Factor
Justin B. Davis
11. Reverse Phase Protein Microarrays
Elisa Baldelli, Valerie Calvert, Alex Hodge, Amy VanMeter, Emanuel F. Petricoin III, and Mariaelena Pierobon
12. Clustering and Network Analysis of Reverse-Phase Protein Array Data
Adam Byron
13. PCR: Identification of Genetic Polymorphisms
Amanda M. Harbison and Jenny Ngoc Tran Nguyen
14. Microsatellite Analysis for Identification of Individuals Using Bone from the Extinct Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)
Jeffery F. Warner, Michael G. Harpole, and Lorelei D. Crerar
15. Somatic DNA Mutation Analysis
Anthony O'Grady and Robert Cummins
16. Optimization of Immunostaining for Prospective Image Analysis
Scott M. Lawrence and Yelena G. Golubeva
17. Fluorescence in situ Hybridization of Cells, Chromosomes, and Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissues
Ahmad Alamri, Jun Yeb Nam, and Jan K. Blancato
18. High-Resolution Image Stitching as a Tool to Assess Tissue-Level Protein Distribution and Localization
Bryan A. Millis and Matthew J. Tyska
19. Mass Spectrometry Based Biomarker Discovery
Weidong Zhou, Emanuel F. Petricoin III, and Caterina Longo
20. Quantitative Mass Spectrometry by Isotope-Dilution and Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM)
Paul Russo, Brian L. Hood, Nicholas W. Bateman, Thomas P. Conrads
21. LC-Mass Spectrometry for Metabolomics Allyson L. Dailey
22. Metabolomic Bioinformatic Analysis
Allyson L. Dailey
23. Stable Isotope Quantitative N-glycan Analysis by Liquid Separation Techniques and Mass Spectrometry
Stefan Mittermayr, Simone Albrecht, Csaba Váradi, Silvia Millán-Martín, and Jonathan Bones
24. Grant Writing Tips for Translational Research
Lindsay Wescott, Michael Laskofski, Donna Senator, and Carly Curran
25. Inventions and Patents: A Practical Tutorial
Hina Mehta, Lille Tidwell, and Lance A. Liotta
26. Product Development and Commercialization of Diagnostic or Life Science Products for Scientists and Researchers
Meghan M. Alonso
