Abstract: This invention discloses novel and nonobvious compositions and methods suitable for the dyeing of natural fibers with natural dyes that ensure shade-match consistency.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method and computer program product for designing and/or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and for providing and generating revenue from a customized list of one or more biotechnology products and/or services related to the in silico designed or simulated biotechnology experiment or the product of that experiment. In illustrative examples, the products and or services are indirectly related to a biomolecule designed by the in silico designed biotechnology experiment. In addition, provided herein is a method and computer system for generating revenue, that includes providing a customer with a first computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico; and providing the customer with access to a purchase function for purchasing a second computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to standard sets of proteins, polypeptides, or peptides, and methods of using the standard sets to standardize laboratories, laboratory procedures, or laboratory equipment, and to certify laboratories and laboratory technicians. In certain aspects, the invention relates to standard sets of proteins, polypeptides, or peptides, that may be used in mass spectrometry.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing allele libraries and vectors for producing these libraries. The present invention also provides methods of identifying interaction domains between proteins. The vectors, kits, and methods of the present invention suitably utilize recombinational cloning to efficiently generate and screen full-length mutant alleles of target sequences of interest.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method and computer program product for designing and/or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and for providing and generating revenue from a customized list of one or more biotechnology products and/or services related to the in silico designed or simulated biotechnology experiment or the product of that experiment. In illustrative examples, the products and or services are indirectly related to a biomolecule designed by the in silico designed biotechnology experiment. In addition, provided herein is a method and computer system for generating revenue, that includes providing a customer with a first computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico; and providing the customer with access to a purchase function for purchasing a second computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to affinity peptides having binding activity for metal ion affinity chromatography media. The invention further relates to vectors which encode these affinity peptides and use of these affinity peptides for the purification of biological molecules such as proteins. The invention also relates to fusion proteins comprising affinity peptides of the invention.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing object instances and making efficient use of memory. A WeakHashMap class provided by the Java programming language is utilized to maintain a map of unique objects in memory. When a new candidate object is presented, the map is searched for an equivalent object instance and returned for use if found. If an equivalent object instance is not found, the new candidate object is unique, and is therefore added to the map. Each entry of the map stores key and value pairs. In adding the new candidate object to the map, the key portion of the entry is set to the new candidate object. The value portion of the entry is set to a weak reference which also refers to the new candidate object. Once an object in the map is no longer in use, the object is automatically purged from the memory by making use of automatic garbage collection capabilities provided by Java.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing object instances and making efficient use of memory. A WeakHashMap class provided by the Java programming language is utilized to maintain a map of unique objects in memory. When a new candidate object is presented, the map is searched for an equivalent object instance and returned for use if found. If an equivalent object instance is not found, the new candidate object is unique, and is therefore added to the map. Each entry of the map stores key and value pairs. In adding the new candidate object to the map, the key portion of the entry is set to the new candidate object. The value portion of the entry is set to a weak reference which also refers to the new candidate object. Once an object in the map is no longer in use, the object is automatically purged from the memory by making use of automatic garbage collection capabilities provided by Java.