Notes on Labs, Universities associated with Projects, Equipment Suppliers, and Organizations:

1. Moderna Therapuetics https://www.modernatx.com/
2. Sino Biological https://www.sinobiological.com/
3. Promega https://www.promega.com/
4. BD Bioscience https://www.bdbiosciences.com/en-us
5. ThermoFisher (includes Life Technologies and Fisher Scientific) https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home.html
6. JEOL https://www.jeolusa.com/
7. Qiagen https://www.qiagen.com/us/
8. Agilent https://www.agilent.com/
9. VectorLabs https://vectorlabs.com/
10. Mettler Toledo https://www.mt.com/us/en/home.html
11. Hanna Instruments https://www.hannainst.com/
12. Intertek https://www.intertek.com/
13. Sigma Aldrich https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html
14. (Not included in the research I studied) Hemler Scientific (Deep Temperature Freezers) https://www.helmerinc.com/
15. (Not included in the research I studied) Eppendorf (Electroporation Machines) https://www.eppendorf.com/US-en/?_gl=11dh5a6u
16. The Lab Depot https://www.labdepotinc.com

1. Penn State University and University of North Carolina on Viperin Antiviral Enzyme Research http://www.cameronlab.com/ cec@psu.edu Twitter: @cameronlabunc
2. La Trobe University Helbig Lab on Viral Infection https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/khelbig
3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine on Antiviral Viperin Enzymes Research
4. Stanford University on Exploiting Zika addiction to Hsp70 protein jfrydman@stanford.edu
5. Stanford University of the OST Zika Research carette@stanford.edu
6. University of Arizona on Nanotechnology https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/anbm
7. National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration; Ajou University School of Medicine, and Sungkyunkwan University on 3D8 research
8. Rockefeller University
9. National Institute of Health on Remdesivir
10. MIGAL (Gallile Research Institute) on IBV research and protein expression vectors
11. Reagent and Vaccine Services Section (RVSS) of the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories’ (NVSL) FADDL located at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) relating to Alkaline Hydrolysis and Heat Treatment to kill viruses https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/lab-info-services/sa_about_nvsl/ct_about_faddl

Equipment used for the OST NSI-1 Zika Study by the Stanford Research and Yale Team

1. Renilla Luciferase Assay system (Promega) for Luciferase expression measurement
2. 96-well plates https://www.promega.com/products/luciferase-assays/reporter-assays/renilla-luciferase-assay-system/?catNum=E2810
3. CellTiter-Glo (Promega) for Cell Growth in Culture Measurement https://www.promega.com/products/cell-health-assays/cell-viability-and-cytotoxicity-assays/celltiter_glo-luminescent-cell-viability-assay/?catNum=G7570
4. Trypan blue solution for Cell Growth Measurement
5. Bio-Rad Gene Pulser Xcell electroporator use for electroporation techniques in which an electrical field is applied to cells in order to increase the permeability of the cell membrane, allowing chemicals, drugs, or DNA to be introduced into the cell (also called electrotransfer) https://www.bio-rad.com/en-us/product/gene-pulser-xcell-electroporation-systems?ID=b1a35eb3-d55c-47b3-aaf3-95e4d1d85848
6. Perm/Wash buffer (BD Biosciences) Cell permeabilization Perm/Wash buffer (BD Biosciences) https://www.bdbiosciences.com/us/applications/research/intracellular-flow/intracellular-buffers-and-ancillary-reagents/permwash-buffer/p/554723
7. IgG Alexa 488 (Life Technologies) for Incubation
8. FlowJo 9  for data analysis for Flow Cytometry http://v9docs.flowjo.com/html/index.html
9. GraphPad Prism 7 for Statistical Analysis https://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/

Equipment used by the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory team (Lemire, Rodriguez, and McIntosh) when studying Heat Treatment and Alkaline Hydrolysis in killing viruses:

1. RNeasy® Mini Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) for RNA Extractions https://www.qiagen.com/us/products/discovery-and-translational-research/dna-rna-purification/rna-purification/total-rna/rneasy-mini-kit/#orderinginformation
2. DNeasy® Blood and Tissue Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) for DNA Extractions https://www.qiagen.com/us/products/discovery-and-translational-research/dna-rna-purification/dna-purification/genomic-dna/dneasy-blood-and-tissue-kit/#orderinginformation
3. Qiagen QIAquick Spin Miniprep PCR Purification Kit for Plasmid Purification https://www.qiagen.com/us/products/qiaquick-pcr-purification-kit/#orderinginformation
4. pBlueScript II plasmid (Agilent Technologies) Plasmid Propagation https://www.agilent.com/en/product/mutagenesis-cloning/cloning-vectors-kits/cloning-vector-kits/pbluescript-ii-vectors-233066
5. pGEM-T Easy vector plasmid (Promega Corp.) for PCR and Plasmid Propagation https://www.promega.com/products/pcr/pcr-cloning/pgem-t-easy-vector-systems/?catNum=A1360
6. QIAquick® PCR Purification kit (Qiagen) for Purification Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction PCR https://www.qiagen.com/us/products/qiaquick-pcr-purification-kit/#orderinginformation
7. VECTASTAIN® ABC-AP KIT. Viral Isolation Straining https://vectorlabs.com/vectastain-abc-ap-kit-standard-x123.html
8. PRIMARIA™ coated culture flasks https://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/corning-primaria-tissue-culture-dishes-3/p-176159
9. Spearman-Kärber method was used to calculate titrations
10. NanoDrop 2000 spectrophotometer (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburg, PA, USA) for DNA quantification https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/ND-2000#/ND-2000
11. Sequencher® software (Gene Codes) for DNA Contig Sequencing https://www.genecodes.com/
12. Kingfisher 96 magnetic particle processor (Thermo Fisher Scientific) Sequencing product purification, contaminant and impurity QC testing https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/life-science/bioproduction/contaminant-and-impurity-testing/sample-prep-and-automation/kingfisher-flex-magnetic-particle-processor.html
13. 3730XL DNA sequencer (Applied Biosystems) for Nucleotide Sequencing
14. Invitrogen-Thermo Fisher Scientific https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/brands/invitrogen.html
15. GeneAmp® EZ rTth RNA PCR kit (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA)

RNA Sample Amplification:

1. SmartCycler II (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) with automatic background subtraction on
2. TaqMan® Fast Virus 1-Step Master Mix (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA) Applied Biosystems® 7500 Real-Time PCR System (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA). https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/4351106?SID=srch-srp-4351106#/4351106?SID=srch-srp-4351106
3. Path-ID™ Multiplex One-Step Kit (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA) https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/4442135#/4442135

DNA Sample Amplification:

1. SmartCycler II PCR platform (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA)
2. TaqMan® EZ RT-PCR kit (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY, USA). https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/A28527?SID=srch-srp-A28527#/A28527?SID=srch-srp-A28527