The invention generally provides a sample preparation vessel including a flexible substrate defining at least one sealable opening adapted and configured to receive a solid sample; at least one fitting; and at least one filter adjacent to the at least one fitting, the filter adapted and configured to permit extracted fluids to exit the vessel while retaining solid particles, as well as vessels, circuits, systems, and related methods for sample preparation, extraction, and analysis.

The invention generally provides a sample preparation vessel including a flexible substrate defining at least one sealable opening adapted and configured to receive a solid sample; at least one fitting; and at least one filter adjacent to the at least one fitting, the filter adapted and configured to permit extracted fluids to exit the vessel while retaining solid particles, as well as vessels, circuits, systems, and related methods for sample preparation, extraction, and analysis.

The present invention provides a double-stranded DNA constructed specifically for high speed gene amplification, a method for gene amplification and a method for synthesizing protein. The gene amplification system of the present invention used a site-specific recombinase such as Cre-lox system and target sequence thereof to efficiently induce a type of replication referred to as a double rolling-circle replication (DRCR). Amplification unit, whose structure is shown in FIG. 2 (a), is constructed in animal and other cells. DRCR is induced by two recombination events triggered by a site-specific recombinase (Cre) when each replication folk progresses between each pair of target sequences (lox sequences).

The present invention provides a double-stranded DNA constructed specifically for high speed gene amplification, a method for gene amplification and a method for synthesizing protein. The gene amplification system of the present invention used a site-specific recombinase such as Cre-lox system and target sequence thereof to efficiently induce a type of replication referred to as a double rolling-circle replication (DRCR). Amplification unit, whose structure is shown in FIG. 2 (a), is constructed in animal and other cells. DRCR is induced by two recombination events triggered by a site-specific recombinase (Cre) when each replication folk progresses between each pair of target sequences (lox sequences).

This invention provides compositions, reagents, methods, and kits for isolating, amplifying, and sequencing extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA or ecDNA), particularly eukaryotic eccDNA and ecDNA. The various embodiments of the invention provide methods for exponential amplification of eccDNA or ecDNA and subsequent nucleic acid sequencing to enable speedy diagnosis of a sample from a patient and genomic screening for disease states therein and identifying and providing treatment thereof.

This invention provides compositions, reagents, methods, and kits for isolating, amplifying, and sequencing extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA or ecDNA), particularly eukaryotic eccDNA and ecDNA. The various embodiments of the invention provide methods for exponential amplification of eccDNA or ecDNA and subsequent nucleic acid sequencing to enable speedy diagnosis of a sample from a patient and genomic screening for disease states therein and identifying and providing treatment thereof.

The present invention relates to small secreted reporter-peptides 15 to 150 amino-acids in length comprising a response element, activated by one or more transcription factors induced by the pharmacology active substance to be analyzed following its interaction with a specific intracellular or cell surface molecule, functionally linked to a response element, a TATA box, a signal peptide, anchor and detection sequences to which antibodies can be raised, and a poy-A tail. The anchor sequence may differ from one peptide to another or may be common to multiple secreted reporter-peptides such that all the peptides can be analyzed simultaneously by ELISA using a detection antibody labelled with for example HRP, or by the use of a commonly available immuno-detection platform such MSD, Gyros, AlphaLisa, or Biacore. The detection sequence is unique to each secreted reporter-peptide and may be labelled with a Sulfo-Tag that permits detection of the peptide on the MSD platform, or Alexa that permits detection on the Gyros platform, or digoxigenin that permits detection of on the PerkinElmer AlphaLISA platform, or left unlabeled for detection by SPR on a Biacore platform. The present invention provides i.a. a substantial improvement of cell-based assays for analysis using automated immune-detection platforms and allows simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes, multiple sampling from a single cell culture, and obviates the necessity to lyse cells and remove cell debris by centrifugation prior to analysis on an automated immuno-detection platform. The present invention also provides a means of increasing the dynamic range, sensitivity and reducing the cost of cell-based assays and can be applied to existing engineered cell lines, such as those containing a reporter-gene such as a luciferase reporter-gene obviating the necessity to extensively re-engineer cell lines containing multiple molecular constructs.

The present invention relates to small secreted reporter-peptides 15 to 150 amino-acids in length comprising a response element, activated by one or more transcription factors induced by the pharmacology active substance to be analyzed following its interaction with a specific intracellular or cell surface molecule, functionally linked to a response element, a TATA box, a signal peptide, anchor and detection sequences to which antibodies can be raised, and a poy-A tail. The anchor sequence may differ from one peptide to another or may be common to multiple secreted reporter-peptides such that all the peptides can be analyzed simultaneously by ELISA using a detection antibody labelled with for example HRP, or by the use of a commonly available immuno-detection platform such MSD, Gyros, AlphaLisa, or Biacore. The detection sequence is unique to each secreted reporter-peptide and may be labelled with a Sulfo-Tag that permits detection of the peptide on the MSD platform, or Alexa that permits detection on the Gyros platform, or digoxigenin that permits detection of on the PerkinElmer AlphaLISA platform, or left unlabeled for detection by SPR on a Biacore platform. The present invention provides i.a. a substantial improvement of cell-based assays for analysis using automated immune-detection platforms and allows simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes, multiple sampling from a single cell culture, and obviates the necessity to lyse cells and remove cell debris by centrifugation prior to analysis on an automated immuno-detection platform. The present invention also provides a means of increasing the dynamic range, sensitivity and reducing the cost of cell-based assays and can be applied to existing engineered cell lines, such as those containing a reporter-gene such as a luciferase reporter-gene obviating the necessity to extensively re-engineer cell lines containing multiple molecular constructs.

Methods and formulations for preparing low non-specific binding surfaces are described, and the prepared surface can provide improved performance for nucleic acid detection and base calling applications. The surface provides more accurate nucleic acid detection, enhanced contrast to noise ratio, and better data collection.

Methods and formulations for preparing low non-specific binding surfaces are described, and the prepared surface can provide improved performance for nucleic acid detection and base calling applications. The surface provides more accurate nucleic acid detection, enhanced contrast to noise ratio, and better data collection.