Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of detecting target nucleic acid, comprising steps of: a) contacting a sample with one or more capturing probes, each comprising at least one target capturing sequence, under conditions that permit the one or more capturing probes to capture one or more target nucleic acids in the sample; b) amplifying the captured one or more target nucleic acids in a reaction mixture comprising a detectable entity such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are labeled with the detectable entity; c) incubating amplification product with a plurality of re-capturing probes such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are re-captured by the plurality of the re-capturing probes; and d) detecting signal generated by detectable entity associated with the re-captured amplified one or more target nucleic acids, wherein the presence and/or abundance of the detectable signal indicates the presence and/or abundance of the one or more target nucleic ac

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for encoding a substrate for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and systems for characterizing multifunctional objects using a flow-through device, such as, a flow cytometer. In some embodiments, an inventive method according to the present invention includes one more steps of (a) interrogating a plurality of objects (e.g., particles), wherein each individual object (e.g., particle) comprises one or more interrogation regions detectable as a sequence of events; (b) recording multiple events, wherein each individual event corresponds to each individual interrogation region detectable above a pre-determined triggering threshold; (c) grouping the recorded multiple events, and (d) characterizing the plurality of objects based on the grouped events.

Abstract: Method for making multifunctional particles. The method includes flowing a first monomer stream loaded with a fluorescent entity along a microfluidic channel and flowing a second monomer stream loaded with a probe adjacent to the first monomer stream along the microfluidic channel. The monomer streams are polymerized to synthesize particles having a fluorescent, graphically encoded region and a probe-loaded region.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for encoding a substrate for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods of detecting target nucleic acid, comprising steps of: a) contacting a sample with one or more capturing probes, each comprising at least one target capturing sequence, under conditions that permit the one or more capturing probes to capture one or more target nucleic acids in the sample; b) amplifying the captured one or more target nucleic acids in a reaction mixture comprising a detectable entity such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are labeled with the detectable entity; c) incubating amplification product with a plurality of re-capturing probes such that the amplified one or more target nucleic acids are re-captured by the plurality of the re-capturing probes; and d) detecting signal generated by detectable entity associated with the re-captured amplified one or more target nucleic acids, wherein the presence and/or abundance of the detectable signal indicates the presence and/or abundance of the one or more target nucleic ac

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for encoding a substrate for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for encoding a substrate for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and systems for characterizing multifunctional objects using a flow-through device, such as, a flow cytometer. In some embodiments, an inventive method according to the present invention includes one more steps of (a) interrogating a plurality of objects (e.g., particles), wherein each individual object (e.g., particle) comprises one or more interrogation regions detectable as a sequence of events; (b) recording multiple events, wherein each individual event corresponds to each individual interrogation region detectable above a pre-determined triggering threshold; (c) grouping the recorded multiple events, and (d) characterizing the plurality of objects based on the grouped events.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids via post-hybridization labeling.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for encoding a substrate for detecting and quantifying target nucleic acids.

Abstract: Method for making multifunctional particles. The method includes flowing a first monomer stream loaded with a fluorescent entity along a microfluidic channel and flowing a second monomer stream loaded with a probe adjacent to the first monomer stream along the microfluidic channel. The monomer streams are polymerized to synthesize particles having a fluorescent, graphically encoded region and a probe-loaded region.

Abstract: Method for making multifunctional particles. The method includes flowing a first monomer stream loaded with a fluorescent entity along a microfluidic channel and flowing a second monomer stream loaded with a probe adjacent to the first monomer stream along the microfluidic channel. The monomer streams are polymerized to synthesize particles having a fluorescent, graphically encoded region and a probe-loaded region.

Abstract: In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse. An article of manufacture includes a non-spheroidal polymeric microstructure that has a plurality of distinct material regions.

Abstract: In a method for synthesizing polymeric microstructures, a monomer stream is flowed, at a selected flow rate, through a fluidic channel. At least one shaped pulse of illumination is projected to the monomer stream, defining in the monomer stream a shape of at least one microstructure corresponding to the illumination pulse shape while polymerizing that microstructure shape in the monomer stream by the illumination pulse.