Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Angela I. Lopez-Lorente, Francisco Pena-Pereira, Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, Vania G. Zuin, Sibel A. Ozkan, Elefteria Psillakis
Summary: The ten principles of GSP aim to establish a roadmap for the development of overall greener analytical methodologies by promoting the use of safe solvents/reagents and renewable materials, reducing waste and energy demand, enabling higher sample throughput, procedure simplification/automation, and improving operator safety.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Soledad Cardenas
Summary: Sample preparation is an important step in the measurement process and its evolution focuses on simplification, miniaturization, and automation for sustainability. Designing new sorptive materials using natural and biodegradable materials helps reduce energy and resource consumption. However, the applicability of the materials is crucial for successful incorporation into sample preparation.
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Biochemical Research Methods
Michal Alexovic, Jan Sabo, Remi Longuespee
Summary: Proteomics applications in various fields such as life and health sciences, pathology, and pharmacology often require handling small cell and tissue samples, where microproteomics plays a crucial role in addressing specific considerations for processing these samples efficiently.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Elsa Vasco, M. Grata Dias, Luisa Oliveira
Summary: The first Total Diet Study was conducted in Portugal, detailing the study planning, sample collection, and preparation process. By using harmonised procedures, exposure assessment can be compared with other countries and exposure trends can be evaluated.
Review
Biochemical Research Methods
Giulia Weissenberger, Rene J. M. Henderikx, Peter J. Peters
Summary: Cryo-electron microscopy is gaining popularity in structural biology, leading to the need for advanced sample preparation techniques to optimize workflow efficiency. This review categorizes and explains various methods for preparing vitrified samples for electron microscopy, discussing challenges and future directions for improvement. Reliable and versatile specimen preparation remains a key challenge in the field, with guidelines provided to address these issues.
Editorial Material
Nutrition & Dietetics
Math J. J. M. Candel, Gerard J. P. van Breukelen
Summary: Designing studies with high statistical power is crucial for improving the quality and reproducibility of research findings. This article presents designs that minimize the number of subjects or research budget while maintaining the desired power level. It focuses on allocation of subjects to treatments and optimal number of centers in cluster-randomized and multicenter trials. Maximin designs are introduced to address unknown parameters, ensuring a pre-specified power level and minimizing research costs.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Wojciech Wojnowski, Marek Tobiszewski, Francisco Pena-Pereira, Elefteria Psillakis
Summary: AGREEprep is a metric tool that prioritizes sample preparation, evaluating factors such as solvent, material, and reagent choices, waste generation, and energy consumption to calculate the final assessment score. The assessment procedure utilizes intuitive software to generate an easy-to-read information pictogram showing overall performance and threat structure.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Van-An Duong, Hookeun Lee
Summary: Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based proteomics is a powerful technique for analyzing cellular, tissue, and fluid proteomes. While LC-MS/MS and data analysis techniques have been well-developed, sample preparation remains a challenging and laborious process. In this review, various methods for sample preparation in proteomics, as well as devices and methods for integrating different steps of sample preparation and peptide fractionation, are outlined and discussed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Colin F. Poole
Summary: High-performance thin-layer chromatography is a promising technique for high-throughput separations. The sample preparation is crucial to control matrix interferences and improve the detectability of target compounds. Recent trends have shifted towards bioassays and mass spectrometry. Traditional methods are being replaced by automated instrumental approaches for faster and streamlined sample processing. Liquid-liquid extraction is commonly used, although solid-phase extraction is gaining popularity. Planar solid-phase extraction is increasingly used for complex samples. Factors driving current interest include faster and simpler sample workflows, analysis of more complex samples, and the determination of minor contaminants with high concentration factors.
JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Andreu Cera, Cristobal Verdugo-Escamilla, Juan A. Marin, Sara Palacio
Summary: Calcium biomineralisation is widely seen in plants, but the process of sample processing can cause spurious crystallisation not observed in unaltered plant tissues. By conducting x-ray diffractometry on fresh intact or sliced leaves, as well as on the same leaves after drying, researchers found that common sample processing practices, such as excessive drying and slicing, led to the formation of Ca-sulphate crystals. This study highlights the importance of avoiding sample processing techniques that alter the water balance of plant tissues in future studies on plant biomineralization.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Fujia Wang, Tim Veth, Marije Kuipers, Maarten Altelaar, Kelly E. Stecker
Summary: A successful mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics analysis relies on effective sample preparation strategies. The performance of the S-Trap protocol for phosphoproteomics studies is unclear, and the addition of phosphoric acid (PA) in the existing protocol is detrimental to downstream phosphopeptide enrichment. This study systematically evaluates the performance of the S-Trap digestion for proteomics and phosphoproteomics, and demonstrates that an optimized S-Trap approach, with trifluoroacetic acid substituted for PA, is a simple and effective method for phosphoproteomics sample preparation.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Joshua J. Coon, Laura K. Muehlbauer, Annie Jen, Yunyun Zhu, Yuchen He, Evgenia Shishkova, Katherine A. Overmyer
Summary: Multi-omics analysis is a powerful and increasingly used method to understand complex biological systems. However, the sample preparation process for multi-omics is time-consuming and wasteful. We propose a simple and efficient method, called BAMM, which saves time and achieves comparable results to existing methods.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Fenglin Shen, Yueting Xiong, Lei Zhang, Hengchao Li, Huanhuan Zhao, Xiaohui Liu, Pengyuan Yang
Summary: A new rapid and simple sample preparation method was developed for serum proteomic studies, allowing for efficient identification of multiple proteins in under 2 hours. This method has the potential to accelerate biomarker discovery and clinical application in serum protein research.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Yu Wang, Jia Chen, Hirotaka Ihara, Ming Guan, Hongdeng Qiu
Summary: Porous carbon nanomaterials are favored by researchers for their excellent properties and have been widely used in various fields. New sample preparation methods based on PCNMs have emerged, showing great potential in solid phase extraction techniques.
TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Maryam Bazargan, Ferial Ghaemi, Amirhassan Amiri, Masoud Mirzaei
Summary: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are considered as an important material class in analytical applications due to their unique properties. The current limitation of MOFs in separation field lies in their chemical and thermal stabilities, which can be enhanced by ligand modification or cooperative combination with other materials. The role and applications of MOFs as sorbents in sample preparation have been widely studied, offering new solutions for future analytical sample preparation problems.
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
William Colonna, Byron Brehm-Stecher, Kalidas Shetty, Anthony Pometto
FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
(2017)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Fei Wang, Aubrey Mendonca, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, James Dickson, Alan DiSpirito, Angela Shaw, Emalie Thomas-Popo
FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ying Xia, Zongyu Zhang, Michael R. Kessler, Byron Brehm-Stecher, Richard C. Larock
Article
Food Science & Technology
Nicolas A. Lavieri, Joseph G. Sebranek, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Joseph C. Cordray, James S. Dickson, Ashley M. Horsch, Stephanie Jung, Elaine M. Larson, David K. Manu, Aubrey F. Mendonca
FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
(2014)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Wenda Zhu, Jacek A. Koziel, Lingshuang Cai, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, H. Duygu Ozsoy, J. (Hans) van Leeuwen
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2013)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
B. Bisha, H. J. Kim, B. F. Brehm-Stecher
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
(2011)
Article
Microbiology
Nabin K. Shrestha, Nikole M. Scalera, Deborah A. Wilson, Byron Brehm-Stecher, Gary W. Procop
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2011)
Article
Microbiology
Hyun-Joong Kim, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Nicolas A. Lavieri, Joseph G. Sebranek, Joseph C. Cordray, James S. Dickson, Ashley M. Horsch, Stephanie Jung, David K. Manu, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Aubrey F. Mendonca
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2014)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Nicolas A. Lavieri, Joseph G. Sebranek, Joseph C. Cordray, James S. Dickson, Stephanie Jung, David K. Manu, Aubrey F. Mendonca, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Joseph Stock, Kenneth J. Stalder
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2014)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Thomas F. Garrison, Zongyu Zhang, Hyun-Jung Kim, Debjani Mitra, Ying Xia, Daniel P. Pfister, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Richard C. Larock, Michael R. Kessler
MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING
(2014)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Nicolas A. Lavieri, Joseph G. Sebranek, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Joseph C. Cordray, James S. Dickson, Ashley M. Horsch, Stephanie Jung, Elaine M. Larson, David K. Manu, Aubrey F. Mendonca
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Stephanie A. Hice, Kevin D. Clark, Jared L. Anderson, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2019)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Stephanie A. Hice, Marcelino Varona, Allison Brost, Fan Dai, Jared L. Anderson, Byron F. Brehm-Stecher
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2020)
Proceedings Paper
Thermodynamics
Kristopher R. Lineberry, Michael Pate, Byron Brehm-Stecher
ASHRAE TRANSACTIONS 2012, VOL 118, PT 1
(2012)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Gemechu G. Abdi, Yetenayet B. Tola, Chala G. Kuyu
Summary: This study evaluated the quality of honey in the supply chain in southwest Ethiopia and found significant differences in physicochemical and microbial quality among different actors. The study also developed a predictive model to detect adulteration, which showed good linearity and predictive capacity.
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2024)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kathleen A. Glass, Jie Yin Lim, Quinn L. Singer
Summary: Commercial cheese brines can be a reservoir for salt-tolerant pathogens. This study found that the addition of hydrogen peroxide can effectively reduce the population of L. monocytogenes in cheese brines, especially at higher temperatures and salt concentrations. The presence of indigenous microorganisms may neutralize the effect of hydrogen peroxide.
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2024)