(n.) One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing superfluous ink.
(n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place.
Example Sentences:
(1) Specimens were obtained with a nitrocellulose membrane, used as a blotter of immunoblotting test.
(2) The apparatus is drawn so that plastic sheets serve as substitutes for the elaborate, but cumbersome and unnecessary, locking systems mounted on all the commercial blotters.
(3) One suction manifold, the 'Minifold II slot-blotter', creates small, rectangular slots of bound DNA which can be probed using immunoenzymatic techniques and then evaluated with quantitative scanning densitometry.
(4) "In reality, it gets reported but only as part of the generally muck and mire of grease-blotter journalism."
(5) The results agreed completely between these three sample types, demonstrating the feasibility of molecular genetic confirmation of the delta F508 mutation from the neonatal screening blotter among those with positive CF screening results.
(6) Additionally, intact 4-mm-diameter punched discs from blotters containing dried blood specimen were used in the amplification reactions and analyzed by electrophoresis.
(7) Lysates of blood cells in the solution or immobilized on the nylon membrane filters and dried blood spots on the filter paper blotters were used directly in amplification permitting one to solve the problems of adapting the method of polymerase chain reaction in clinical practice, for instance, in massive screening of genome mutations, viral infections etc.
(8) Molecular confirmation of genotype from the original blotter would reduce the personnel costs associated with obtaining follow-up liquid blood specimens and would provide information to the family in a more timely and less equivocal manner.
(9) An electroelution device that is based on a semidry blotter and that allows the simultaneous elution of proteins or other charged macromolecules from one-dimensional gels is described.
(10) Direct genotypic analysis for the common Caucasian cystic fibrosis mutation (delta F508) was performed using dried blood specimens in a filter paper matrix (neonatal screening blotter).
(11) These new drugs don't work if taken orally, so users dilute and spray them using nasal sprays or inhalers; or they drip the liquid on to patterned and perforated blotter paper, passing it off as LSD.
(12) We have developed a strategy for rapid and specific genotypic diagnosis using DNA extracted from a dried blood spot on the filter paper blotter used to screen newborns.
(13) The plate is placed between the electrodes of a semidry blotter and the wells are sealed by a dialysis membrane resting on polyacrylamide gel block, prior to being filled with transfer buffer.
(14) Here we describe a simple way--EcoRI mapping of the amplified beta-globin DNA sampling from dried blood spots on filter paper blotters--of identifying the Hb D-Punjab gene.
(15) The stories are often short crime blotter articles.
(16) They offer increased sensitivity of 2-10 times over conventional blotter medium.
(17) IT 825-2246-4 at various temperature regimes: 25 degrees C, 30 degrees C, 35 degrees C and 40 degrees C were investigated using the Standard Blotter Method.
(18) We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect HIV proviral sequences in minute amounts of peripheral blood collected onto newborn screening blotters.
(19) Residue levels of azinphosmethyl and captan were determined from blotter paper patches attached to the clothing of personnel participating in an orchard spray program.
(20) We describe a method using a semi-dry gel electro-blotter to transfer RNA from standard agarose-formaldehyde denaturing gels in less than 30 min.
Desk
Definition:
(n.) A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
(n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."
(v. t.) To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unlike Baker, a courtly Texan, Lew is a low-key figure, an observant Orthodox Jew and native New Yorker, of whom the New York Times once revealed: "He brings his own lunch (a cheese sandwich and an apple) and eats at his desk."
(2) One chief constable policing a rural area said he would have a copy of the winning candidate's manifesto on his desk when he met the new PCC on their first day of work.
(3) As well as a portrait of Austen, the new note will include images of her writing desk and quills at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire, where she lived; her brother's home, Godmersham Park, which she visited often, and is thought to have inspired some of her novels, and a quote from Miss Bingley, in Pride and Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
(4) His latest thinking includes introducing concierge desks to welcome shoppers and tapas bars in its wine departments.
(5) He said there were a sufficient number of shifts at Heathrow to maintain "a full immigration desk policy" and insisted the contingency planning for security at the Games, which had seen more than 18,000 military personnel called in, meant the government had enough troops in place or in reserve to make up for the G4S staffing fiasco.
(6) In spite of resistance from Republicans and some Democrats, Obama expressed confidence that the legislation would be on his desk by the middle of next month.
(7) Just one problem (apart from the old roof falling off): it's 60 miles from my desk.
(8) The BMC approximated the standing lumbar curve in seated subjects writing at a desk to a greater degree than the SCC.
(9) A case is presented on the use of extracorporeal lithotrity by shock waves to treat vesical lithiasis, using the desk module of a Lithostar-PlusR (Siemens) lithotripter.
(10) The introduction of a desk computer improved morale, speeded up the work, and reduced both fatigue and mistakes.
(11) Vine's short-notice inspection report on border security checks at Heathrow's terminals 3 and 4, published on Thursday ,says that many of those who are being drafted in are ex-UK Border Agency employees who are being rehired, or staff who have been working elsewhere in the Home Office but have only been given basic training to work on the airport passport desks.
(12) The most widely used source of drug information for doctors is the industry-sponsored Physicians' Desk Reference, which overrates the therapeutic value of Valium and Librium as compared to disinterested medical sources.
(13) Stations Global must sell East Midlands: Smooth or Capital Cardiff and South Wales: Real or Capital North Wales: Real or Heart Greater Manchester and the north-west: Capital or Real XS with either Real or Smooth North-east: Real or Smooth or Capital South and West Yorkshire: Real or Capital Central Scotland: Real or Capital • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email media@theguardian.com or phone 020 3353 3857.
(14) In another, Underwood and his aide are monitoring police communications from his office – and laid out on their desk are no fewer than nine iPhones and iPads.
(15) Letters were sent to the 224 manufacturers listed in the 1984 Physicians' Desk Reference requesting a list of all products containing sulfiting agents.
(16) In early years Bloomberg reporters would assist on the help desk and even go on client pitches.
(17) Finally, statistical methods and a small desk-top computer were employed to compute linear regression equations, correlation coefficients, and t tests from the week's data.
(18) Or you can do it at the desk with your smartphone if you can remember the website address, don’t mind the data roaming charges, can remember your national insurance number and are impervious to the long queue developing behind you”.
(19) I remember the way I slid sideways through rows of desks, my arms crossed over my chest.
(20) Lisa and Brian converted the old wooden schoolhouse six years ago and the design is bright and eclectic, think retro school desks, a funky red kitchen, a clear geodesic dome in the garden for stargazing and chill-out time and a giant chess set on the lawn.