The Bullet Blender Blue is an affordible air cooled, high throughput automated homogenizer which allows you to process 24 samples within 5 minutes without any risk of cross contamination. This model comes in 2 formats, Snap on Caps or Screw Caps (designed for microbiology samples). To order the screw cap model please use the following code: BBX24BW_CE. We also have a system without  air cooling for lower budgets, please click here for more details

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Aorta – Mouse

Hou CJ, Tsai CH, Su CH, Wu YJ, Chen SJ, Chiu JJ, Shiao MS, Yeh HI (2008) Diabetes reduces aortic endothelial gap junctions in ApoE-deficient mice: simvastatin exacerbates the reduction. J Histochem Cytochem 56:745-752

Lee YW, Lee WH, Kim PH (2010) Oxidative mechanisms of IL-4 induced IL-6 expression in vascular endothelium. Cytokine 49:73-79

Bladder and Kidney – Mouse (Bacterial Isolation)

Thai KH, Thathireddy A, Hsieh MH (2010) Transurethral Induction of Mouse Urinary Tract Infection. J Vis Exp 42. http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=2070, doi: 10.3791/2070

Brain – Hamster

Bessen RA, Shearin H, Martinka S, Boharski R, Lowe D, Wilham JM, Caughey B, Wiley JA (2010) Prion Shedding from Olfactory Neurons into Nasal Secretions. PLoS Pathog 6(4): e1000837

Colon – Human

Repnik K, Poto?nik U. (2010) CTLA4 CT60 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Is Associated with Slovenian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients and Regulates Expression of CTLA4 Isoforms. DNA Cell Biol 29:603-10

Colon – Mouse

Lowe EL, Crother TR, Rabizadeh S, Hu B, Wang H, Chen S, Shimada K, Wong MH, Michelsen KS, Arditi M (2010) Toll-Like Receptor 2 Signaling Protects Mice from Tumor Development in a Mouse Model of Colitis-Induced Cancer. PLoS One 5(9): e13027

Drosophila melanogaster

Marshall KE, Sinclair BJ (2010) Repeated stress exposure results in a survival-reproduction trade-off in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Biol Sci 277:963-969

Bazinet A, Marshall KE, MacMillan HA, Williams CM, Sinclair BJ (2010) Rapid changes in desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster are facilitated by changes in cuticular permeability. J Insect Physiol 56:2006-12

Heart (Ventricle) – Mouse

O'Shea KM, Chess DJ, Khairallah RJ, Rastogi S, Hecker PA, Sabbah HN, Walsh K, WC Stanley (2010) Effects of adiponectin deficiency on structural and metabolic remodeling in mice subjected to pressure overload. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 298: H1639-H1645

O’Shea KM, Chess DJ, Khairallah RJ, Hecker PA, Lei B, Walsh K, Des Rosiers C, Stanley WC (2010) ?-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids prevent pressure overload-induced ventricular dilation and decrease in mitochondrial enzymes despite no change in adiponectin. Lipids Health Dis 9:95

Intestinal Muscosa– Pig

Lu J, Grenache D (2010) High-throughput tissue homogenization method and tissue-based quality control materials for a clinical assay of the intestinal disaccharidases. Clinica Chimica Acta 411:754-757

Liver and Brain– Rats

Zahr NM, Luong R, Sullivan EV, Pfefferbaum A (2010) Measurement of Serum, Liver, and Brain Cytokine Induction, Thiamine Levels, and Hepatopathology in Rats Exposed to a 4-Day Alcohol Binge Protocol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:1858-70

Liver– Fish

Roberts SC, Noyes PD, Gallagher EP, Stapleton HM (2010) Species-Specific Differences and Structure-Activity Relationships in the Debromination of PBDE Congeners Among Three Fish Species. Paper presented at the 30th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), San Antonio, TX.

Microsporidia - Nosema

Bourgeois AL, Rinderer TE (2010) Genetic detection and quantification of Nosema apis and N. ceranae in the honey bee. J Invertebr Pathol 103:53-58

Muscle – Mouse

Yamada E, Pessin JE, Kurland IJ, Schwartz GJ, Bastie CC (2010) Fyn-dependent regulation of energy expenditure and body weight is mediated by tyrosine phosphorylation of LKB1. Cell Metab 11:113-124

Muscle - Rat

Chiang J, Shen YC, Wang YH, Hou YC, Chen CC, Liao JF, Yu MC, Juan CW, Liou KT (2009) Honokiol protects rats against eccentric exercise-induced skeletal muscle damage by inhibiting NF-kappaB induced oxidative stress and inflammation. Eur J Pharmacol 610:119-127

Olfactory mucosa - Mouse

Xie F, Zhou X, Behr M, Fang C, Horii Y, Gu J, Kannan K and Ding X (2010) Mechanisms of olfactory toxicity of the herbicide 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile: Essential roles of CYP2A5 and target-tissue metabolic activation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 249:101-6

Oropharynx - Human

Winder DM, Ball SL, Vaughan K, Hanna N, Woo YL, Fränzer JT, Sterling JC, Stanley MA, Sudhoff H, Goon PK (2009) Sensitive HPV detection in oropharyngeal cancers. BMC Cancer 9:440

Potato

Rommens C M, Shakya R, Heap M, Fessenden K (2010) Tastier and Healthier Alternatives to French Fries. J Food Sci 75: H109–H115

Skin – Human - Protein

Marji J, O'Donoghue SI, McClintock D, Satagopam VP, Schneider R, Ratner D, Worman HJ, Gordon LB, Djabali K (2010) Defective Lamin A-Rb Signaling in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome and Reversal by Farnesyltransferase Inhibition. PLoS One 5(6): e11132

Thorax – Honey Bee

Bourgeois AL, Rinderer TE (2009) Genetic characterization of Russian honey bee stock selected for improved resistance to Varroa destructor. J Econ Entomol 102:1233-1238

Tumor – Carcinoma – Mouse

Schewe DM, Aguirre-Ghiso JA (2008) ATF6alpha-Rheb-mTOR signaling promotes survival of dormant tumor cells in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci 105:10519-10524

Vagina – Rabbit

Alt C, Harrison T, Dousman L, Fujita N, Shew K, Tran TT, Shayesteh S, Matsukawa A, Mirsalis J, D'Andrea A (2009) Increased CCL2 expression and macrophage/monocyte migration during microbicide-induced vaginal irritation. Curr HIV Res 7:639-649

Yeast – S. cerevisiae

Vorvis C, Markus SM, Lee WL (2008) Photoactivatable GFP tagging cassettes for protein-tracking studies in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 25:651-659

Yeast – C. albicans

Rauceo JM, Blankenship JR, Fanning S, Hamaker JJ, Deneault JS, Smith FJ, Nantel A, Mitchell AP (2008) Regulation of the Candida albicans cell wall damage response by transcription factor Sko1 and PAS kinase Psk1. Mol Biol Cell 19:2741-2751

Yeast – Various

Blankenship JR, Fanning S, Hamaker JJ, Mitchell AP (2010) An extensive circuitry for cell wall regulation in Candida albicans. PLoS Pathog 6:e10000752

Various (spine, brain, stomach, small intestine, colon) – Mouse (Viral Isolation)

Lancaster KZ, Pfeiffer JK (2010) Limited trafficking of a neurotropic virus through inefficient retrograde axonal transport and the type I interferon response. PLoS Pathog 6:e10000791

Various (liver, muscle, fat, aorta) – Mouse

Carlström M, Larsen FJ, Nyström T, Hezel M, Borniquel S, Weitzberg E, Lundberg JO (2010) Dietary inorganic nitrate reverses features of metabolic syndrome in endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice. PNAS 10.1073/pnas.1008872107