Best of 2023: Across Countries and Applications
2023 has proved to be a particularly fruitful year for scientific discovery, with a multitude of pioneering studies spanning continents and disciplines. From the intricate workings of muscle physiology in Switzerland to the nuanced understanding of migraine mechanisms in the USA, the discernment of mosquito olfactory processing in India, and the innovative strides in sustainable materials science in Germany and Austria, this year's research highlights embody the spirit of global collaboration and scientific ingenuity. We hope that, by highlighting the multitude of ways our instruments provide precise and reliable data, future and current researchers can draw inspiration for new and innovative ways to collaborate across borders.
Scents of Security: Emerging Olfaction Applications with Biorobots
The following publication review showcases several new and exciting findings in the olfactory sciences, highlighting how our instruments helped these researchers stir up the lab. The natural world often serves as inspiration for innovation, and insects – specifically their olfactory systems – have become a recent research topic of interest. Given the remarkable sensitivity of insect odor detection systems, the potential applications of this budding field are numerous.
Neuronal Reorganization in Response to Odor
This publication review takes a look at two recent studies that examined the mouse olfactory bulb with help from Aurora Scientific olfaction instruments.
Best of 2021: Neuroscience – Olfaction and Somatosensation
Spatial arrangement of Ret+ and TrkB+ Meissner afferent cutaneous endings. Image courtesy of Neubarth et al., 2020.
How to Calibrate a 200B miniPID Using the Simple Gas Mixing Technique
The 200B miniPID is a fast response gas sensor commonly used in olfaction research as a validation tool to
Tips and Tricks for Troubleshooting the 200B miniPID
Here we will cover some of the more common issues that researchers encounter when using our miniPID Fast Response Olfaction
220A Olfactometer Software Control – Executing Odor Delivery
There are two main methods for executing odor delivery using the 220A olfactometer, one is using the sequencer to deliver
220A Olfactometer Software Control – Configuring Vials
With Aurora’s 220A olfactometer, precise delivery of individual odorants can easily be controlled using the Olfactometer Software program. Since
220A Olfactometer Software Control – Sequencer
When planning an olfaction experiment using Aurora Scientific’s 220A olfactometer, it is important to determine how odorants will be
Cortical Processing and Coding of Olfactory Stimuli in Mammals
How the brain encodes information is an ongoing discussion in neuroscience, and a specific area of interest is how
Tips, Tricks and Best Practices for the 200B miniPID
The 200B miniPID olfaction sensor was originally developed over 20 years ago as a fast response, analog sensor that was
It Just Makes Scents…Odor delivery with the 220A Olfactometer
The 220A Olfactometer by Aurora Scientific has been updated and during this tech cast, Chris takes viewers through live demonstrations while sharing tips, tricks and best practices for optimal performance.
Staff Picks – TOP Publications of 2019…
As always, the entire team at Aurora Scientific has enjoyed reading and learning this year about the fantastic research
From Computational to Behavioral – how plume conditions affect odor tracking
The animal kingdom has had millennia to develop complex mechanisms to identify and localize airborne odors. And although humans
Studying Olfaction as a Measure of Animal Behavior
While it might be easy to forget as a human, olfaction is a critical input for behavior in many
New and Improved in 2018
As another year draws to a close we are proud to look back on the accomplishments of our R&D