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    Lab Ultrafiltration Concentrators Without Using a Centrifuge

    SWISSCI Converse ultrafiltration concentrators are designed to maximize protein recovery. According to company representatives, they also enable rapid buffer exchange and are well suited for particle-laden solutions. The reverse direction of flow combined with large membrane surface area enables...
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    Protein Conformational Array Technology Identifies SHP2-Degradation Molecules

    Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, affecting over 20 million individuals and killing 9.7 million in 2022 alone. Each of ~200 cancer types (and multiple subtypes) presents an overwhelming number of possible drug targets. Orthosteric inhibitors, or active-site inhibitors, have...
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    Theatre Arts Division 2025 Senior Showcase

    Theatre Arts Division Presents: The Five Towns College Theatre Arts Division proudly presents its annual Senior Showcase on Monday, April 28, at Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. This highly anticipated event marks a pivotal milestone in the careers of FTC Theatre Arts students, offering...
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    Weekly Woot & Grumble: Thieving Dolphins & Some Guy Named Plutus

    Woot Earlier this week I learned an amazing thing: Frugalwoods is a finalist for a Plutus Award! If you just asked the question “what the heck is a Plutus Award” well then my friends, you are in luck! Here is a fact you can learn today: Plutus Awards “recognize the best of the personal finance...
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    Epic Treks: 7 Hikes That Left Us Breathless (in a good way)

    The idea for this post was not mine! All credit goes to someone Mr. Frugalwoods and I revere: Mr. 1500 from 1500 Days to Freedom. He proposed we both write about our favorite hikes today because, well, hiking is amazing. I’m grateful to Mr. 1500 for suggesting this as it gave me the opportunity...
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    Great Trash Finds: The Sister Edition

    In my never-ending pursuit to deliver rigorous financial information in a very dry and straightforward manner, I bring you the third installment of the ongoing investigative series: Great Trash Finds. Today I am publishing the research I conducted into my sister’s trash. Specifically, the stuff...
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    Weekly Woot & Grumble: That Time We Were Mistaken for Through-Hikers

    Woot To continue the hiking theme we started earlier this week with Mr. 1500, I thought I’d regale you with a little Frugalwoods family tale. Once upon a time (like two weeks ago), Mr. Frugalwoods and I were mistaken for through-hikers. What is a through-hiker you might inquire? A...
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    How We Manage Our Household Finances

    I know you all spent the weekend just hoping I would publish a post this morning about how Mr. Frugalwoods and I manage our money. Right? Right?!? I know I did. I’ve received a number of comments and emails lately asking for greater illumination of our financial mechanics and so today, I will...
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    Frugal Hound Sniffs: 1500 Days

    Hello Internet. Frugal Hound here. Today I have the distinct honor of sniffing the first ever dinosaur here in my Frugal Hound Sniffs interview series. While all of my other interviewees have been, uh, living, Frugalsaurus really tested the limits of my journalistic capabilities since he’s...
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    Frugalwoods Reviews: Train Your Way To Financial Fitness

    It’s not every day you read a personal finance book that’s approachable, friendly, filled with great advice, and doesn’t make you feel guilty about prior financial missteps. Shannon McLay’s “Train Your Way to Financial Fitness” (affiliate link) accomplishes just this feat. I had the pleasure...
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    Weekly Woot & Grumble: 12 Random Frugalwoods Facts

    Woot There’s always something to woot about in our frugal woods and this week, I’m delighted to regale you with 12 random facts about the Frugalwoods fam. These facts come to you, dear readers, courtesy of The Versatile Blogger award, which was lovingly bestowed upon Frugalwoods by three of our...
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    The Zen of Vacuuming

    I cleaned the house yesterday morning. And I was not happy about it. At least, not at first. I was a grumbly grumps on hands and knees scrubbing the toilet. Frugal Hound was stealing my cleaning rags and Mr. Frugalwoods was out of town for the day on business. Blerg. Who wants to clean at 8am on...
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    Travel Cheap: Went to Paris, Skipped The Louvre

    We went to Paris and didn’t go to the Louvre. Yep, it’s another edition of Travel Cheap with Mr. and Mrs. Frugalwoods. I’ve talked about our courageous palates and willingness to travel at unusual times in the past. Today, I’m sharing my cheapo sightseeing tips. Use Your Feet Walking a city is...
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    Weekly Woot & Grumble: RIP Spatula Face

    Woot On Monday, I made the poignant remark that I craved marshmallows. The crisp weather meant I had mallows on the brain. Upon arriving home from an after work yoga class on Tuesday, I was delightfully tickled to discover Mr. Frugalwoods in the kitchen making marshmallows. This guy is a...
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    Put Your Life on Frugal Autopilot

    We don’t have a budget. For anything. Ever. When I first shared this, folks were mildly shocked. After all, Mr. Frugalwoods and I are all about saving money, so how on earth do we skip this most basic of financial conventions? Through habitual frugality. Mr. FW and I have been living frugally...
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    Measuring Intact (Full-length, Capped, Tailed) mRNA in a Single Assay: 5′CapQ

    In the years after the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that mRNA as a modality for vaccines and therapeutics is here to stay based on the number of mRNA programs currently in clinical development. The speed at which safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines were developed and licensed required...
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    Revolutionizing mRNA Concentration Measurement with Variable Pathlength Spectroscopy

    View eBook Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that carries the instructions from DNA to create specific proteins. The main applications for mRNA include immunotherapy, protein replacement therapy, genvomic editing, and regenerative medicine therapy, and...
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    WuXi Biologics Stands on PAT

    The BioPharma sector is under constant pressure to bring more novel therapies to market, more quickly and affordably. Attaining this goal requires improved operational control and continuous real-time quality assurance. These processes are the potential benefits of process analytical technology...
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    Cell-Free DNA Manufacturing Technology

    Aldevron unveiled Alchemy cell-free DNA technology. The technology was designed to support development and preclinical programs, with a future cGMP offering expected to launch in 2025 to support clinical applications. The company states the technology provides researchers with a faster, more...
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    Veya Liquid Handling Platform

    Tecan has announced their latest product Veya, a liquid handling platform designed to bring efficiency, precision, and compliance to laboratories of all sizes. The platform was showcased at the SLAS international conference in San Diego. Tecan states Veya overcomes key barriers in lab automation...
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