Abstract: A sanitizing system includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin on a continuous basis during a trip of the vehicle. The UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin.

Abstract: A sanitizing system includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin on a continuous basis during a trip of the vehicle. The UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for evaluating synthetic reactions such as polymer synthesis reactions. Evaluation of a synthetic reaction product can be based on a quantitative measure of synthesis such as coupling efficiency or yield, and various parameters determined from a separation record obtained for the synthetic reaction product. The invention further provides methods for evaluating a separation method based on various parameters determined from a separation record. The invention can be used to select an appropriate treatment for a synthetic reaction product such as a separation treatment or treatments related to further processing for the desired product. The methods are particularly useful for automated selection of treatments for synthetic reaction products.

Abstract: Multi-capillary systems for high-throughput electrophoretic separation and detection of biomolecules are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention uses galactomannans as a size-sieving matrix for multi-channel electrophoretic separations of biomolecules. Multi-color detection for the simultaneous analysis of controls and standards in the same channels as the samples, and endogenous fluorescence detection are also disclosed. Another embodiment of the invention is a two dimensional system for separation of complex samples, using multiplexed capillary electrophoresis system as the second dimension, with a fraction collection step connecting the two separation steps. The systems allow for separations to be accomplished with a highly parallel manner, or in a two-dimensional format.

Abstract: The subject invention provides substrates useful for analyzing the metabolic activity in cells by improving the retention of a detectable reporter molecule only in intact cells where a particular enzyme is present. In particular, improved retention results from a two part process involving conjugation of haloalkyl-substituted derivatives of a reporter molecule with intracellular cysteine-containing peptides while unblocking the reporter molecule. The substrates have the formXR-SPACER-REPORTER-BLOCKwherein -BLOCK is a group selected to be removable by action of a specific analyte, to give REPORTER spectral properties different from those of the substrate,-REPORTER- is a molecule that, when no longer bound to BLOCK by a BLOCK-REPORTER bond, has spectral properties different from those of the substrate,-SPACER- is a covalent linkage, andXR- is a haloalkyl moiety that can covalently react with an intracellular thiol (Z-S-H) to form a thioether conjugate (Z-S-R-).

Abstract: The subject invention provides substrates useful for analyzing the metabolic activity in cells by improving the retention of a detectable reporter molecule only in intact cells where a particular enzyme is present. In particular, improved retention results from a two part process involving conjugation of haloalkyl-substituted derivatives of a reporter molecule with intracellular cysteine-containing peptides while unblocking the reporter molecule. The substrates have the form XR-SPACER-REPORTER-BLOCK wherein -BLOCK is a group selected to be removable by action of a specific analyte, to give REPORTER spectral properties different from those of the substrate, -REPORTER- is a molecule that, when no longer bound to BLOCK by a BLOCK-REPORTER bond, has spectral properties different from those of the substrate, -SPACER- is a covalent linkage, and XR- is a haloalkyl moiety that can covalently react with an intracellular thiol (Z-S-H) to form a thioether conjugate (Z-S-R).