A method of forming a polymer matrix array includes treating a surface within a well of a well array with a surface compound including a surface reactive functional group and a radical-forming distal group; applying an aqueous solution including polymer precursors to the well of the well array; and activating the radical-forming distal group of the surface coupling compound with an initiator and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) catalyst to initiate radical polymerization of the polymer precursors within the well of the well array to form the polymer matrix array.

Disclosed are probes, primers, a microarray, a kit and applications for rapid detection of clinical microorganism in ophthalmology, belonging to that technical field of clinical microorganism detection. The probes of that disclosure comprise probes for respectively detect Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus hominis, Serratia marcescens, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Enterobacter cloacae. The disclosure also discloses primers for amplifying the target bacteria, which comprises primers which can amplify gene sequence fragments with intra-species homology of more than 95 percent (%) and inter-species homology of less than 75%. The disclosure also provides a method for synthesizing the hybridization probe on the microarray, a method for hybridization reaction and a method for scanning detection. The probes described in the present invention are highly specific and detects microorganisms in ophthalmic clinical samples with sufficient positivity, high accuracy and deliver diagnosis in a short period of time.

Disclosed herein are methods for making a transcriptome-wide expression profile of a biological sample and identifying biomarkers that can be used to diagnose, monitor the onset, monitor the progression, and assess the recovery of a disease in a subject. The biomarkers can also be used to establish and evaluate treatment regimens.

Disclosed herein are methods for making a transcriptome-wide expression profile of a biological sample and identifying biomarkers that can be used to diagnose, monitor the onset, monitor the progression, and assess the recovery of a disease in a subject. The biomarkers can also be used to establish and evaluate treatment regimens.

The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.

The present invention is directed to a method of designing a plurality of capture oligonucleotide probes for use on a support to which complementary oligonucleotide probes will hybridize with little mismatch, where the plural capture oligonucleotide probes have melting temperatures within a narrow range. The present invention further relates to an oligonucleotide array comprising of a support with the plurality of oligonucleotide probes immobilized on the support, a method of using the support to detect single-base changes, insertions, deletions, or translocations in a plurality of target nucleotide sequences, and a kit for such detection, which includes the support on which the oligonucleotides have been immobilized.

The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for generating a pool of oligonucleotides. The invention finds use in preparing a population or subpopulations of oligonucleotides in solution. The pool of oligonucleotides finds use in a variety of nucleic acid detection and/or amplification assays.

The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for generating a pool of oligonucleotides. The invention finds use in preparing a population or subpopulations of oligonucleotides in solution. The pool of oligonucleotides finds use in a variety of nucleic acid detection and/or amplification assays.

The invention relates to a retroreflector able to be placed in contact with an environment, comprising, by way of constituent material, a material enabling a parameter of said environment to be picked up, said material modifying the optical transmission properties of the retroreflector when said parameter is present, said retroreflector being able to receive an incident light beam via a first face and to reemit a light beam via said first face.

Assays and methods for detecting resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics including detection of multiple β-lactamase family specific gene targets by polymerase chain reaction or microarray. One or more kits including primers and/or probes for identification of β-lactamase genes selected from the group consisting of one or more of the following: MOX-like, FOX-like, ACC-like, ACT/MIR-like, CMY-2-like, DHA-like, CTX-M-14-like, CTX-M-15-like, VIM-like, NDM-like, IMP-like, KPC-like, and OXA-48-like, OXA-51-like, OXA-143-like, OXA-58-like, OXA-23-like, OXA-24/40-like, TEM-like, and SHV-like. A kit may also include one or more primers and/or probes for the identification a non-beta lactamase gene family which confers antibiotic resistance, such as the MCR-1 gene.