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Circadian Locomotor Output Cycles Kaput – CLOCK
…In contrast, this same SNP, also known as CLOCK 3111 T/C, has been linked to eating behaviors and obesity in carriers of the C allele when compared to individuals homozygous…
Guidelines for Interpreting Cotinine Levels: United States
…decreased in the US & Europe with greater regulatory oversight concerning smoke‐free indoor air quality. Person has exposure to secondhand smoke: Cotinine levels indicating significant exposure: > 1 ng/mL (can…
Collecting and Handling Saliva Samples for Cytokine Analysis
As was noted in the Spit Tip from our Bulletin devoted to salivary CRP (April 2011), limited information may exist on the best ways to collect and handle saliva for…
A Better Way to Manage Your Saliva Collection Study
Drop Date: April 2021
In This Drop: A Better Way to Manage Your Saliva Collection Study.
Employment Opportunity: IISBR Postdoctoral Scholar
…processes in the context of development (e.g., growth curve modeling, structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, longitudinal analysis). Application Procedure: Application materials must be submitted electronically (please refer to the Employment…
Salivary Transferrin
…higher levels of hormones found in the blood stream will contaminate saliva samples, causing falsely high readings. (1) Visual inspection of saliva samples is not adequate to detect blood contamination,…
Saliva Collection from Infants and Small Children for Research Studies
…200-300 µL per device. This led to researchers utilizing multiple sorbettes at the same time, and even then still failing to obtain enough sample to complete testing. An additional negative…
Better Bioscience: More Research is Needed
…view of the participant’s biology. Using both sample types can also create opportunities for data cross-validation and novel biomarker discovery. For example, a researcher can measure an inflammatory marker in…
Postdoctoral Scholar Employment Opportunity at UCI’s IISBR
…public health with a strong background in advanced statistical modeling of biobehavioral processes in the context of development (e.g., growth curve modeling, structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, longitudinal analysis). Apply…
Q & A with Doug Granger, Salimetrics Chief Scientific and Strategy Advisor
…is on the front edge of our work in this space (See biologyofsleep.com). KF: In closing, is there anything else you’d like to comment on? DG: It is very clear…
Oxytocin Receptor – OXTR
…testing of a wide variety of SNPs, including the OXTR SNPs that are most represented in the biobehavioral literature (rs53576, rs1042778, and rs237887). Best of all, our protocols obtain DNA…
Salivary Cytokine Panel
The expanded Salimetrics Cytokine Panel provides researchers the flexibility to measure 4 core cytokine (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 & TNF-α) levels in saliva samples – plus, up to 8 additional cytokines…
Salivary Cotinine ELISA Kit
…Validated for clinical use, and highly correlated with serum levels, Salimetrics Cotinine assay’s high-sensitivity distinguishes between active smokers, non-smokers, and recent second-hand smoke exposure. Cotinine, the most common biomarker for…
Salivary Melatonin ELISA Kit
Salimetrics Assay #1-3402 The Salimetrics™ Salivary Melatonin Assay Kit is a competitive immunoassay specifically designed and validated for the quantitative determination of melatonin in saliva for research or circadian/biorhythm assessment….
Collecting and Handling Saliva for DNA Analysis
…sample): Collect saliva samples using the SalivaBio Oral Swab Method, hold on ice, and freeze at -20°C as soon as possible. Note: Using the Salivette for DNA analysis has not…