How to effectively limit the output range of the intermediate layer of the cascaded neural network used in the reverse design of metamaterial?

The use of cascaded neural networks for the reverse design of metamaterials and nanophotons can effectively alleviate the problems caused by one-to-many mapping, but the intermediate layer of the...

05 August 2020 2,612 1 View

Is the existing Quantum Computer able to break the current 2020 DLT/Blockchain encryption ?

According to Google, it can achieve a quantum dominance with 53 qubits, i.e. 253 calculation simultaneously. However, this is not sufficient to break SHA2562 encryption through brute force with...

31 July 2020 2,424 3 View

Sticky black, irregular patches in cell culture flask?

Hi all, Recently I encountered some irregular black/grey patches inside my cell culture flask (see attached image, x400 magnification). They are not motile, not floating, do not stick to cells...

08 July 2020 7,921 3 View

Transfected cells died after trypsinization ?

Hi all, I am facing a problem to trypsinize and combine/move the transfected cells into new well . I was planning to pool the transfected cells into a new well to ensure better cell-cell...

21 December 2019 9,692 5 View

Problem with stable cell line generation?

Hi all, I am facing a problem to generate a stable cell line after successful transfection. I added puromycin to kill the untransfected cells, however, eventually all my transfected cells are...

19 September 2019 2,970 2 View

How to convert the arraystar circRNA number to circbase?

Several studies only showed the circRNA name from arrarystar, eg.mmu_circRNA_22066, without providing the spliced sequence or its position on chromosome. It will be hard for others to follow their...

20 August 2019 2,206 2 View

Co-transfection of miRNA mimics and inhibitors?

Hi, Is there any paper which reported the co-transfection of miRNA mimics and inhibitors? Thank you.

17 June 2019 1,087 3 View

MiRNA primer sequence?

Dear all, I have a miRNA primer sequence left by someone else and I would like to know about the sequence of this primer. Is there any method I can use to sequence and know the sequence of this...

14 June 2019 5,304 6 View

Qiagen or ThermoFisher Lipofectamine Transfection Reagent?

Hi all, I am planning for some transfection work involving a mammalian cancer cell line. Can I know the transfection kit from Qiagen or ThermoFisher lipofectamine is a better option? Do you...

23 March 2019 9,831 3 View

Ask a quation about washing off the surfactant on the nanocrystals' surfaces?

I had prepared some polyhedral alloy nanocrystals by using PVP( Polyvinyl pyrrolidone ),then washed them by using water and ethyl alcohol for several times. But a layer of PVP was found adsorbed...

09 January 2019 7,607 1 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Interested to stain mice tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, anybody has a protocol to recommend?

Interested to stain mice brain tissue with WGA 488 conjugate, appreciate if anyone willing to offer me some guidance or suggestions! Thank you!

28 February 2021 3,951 2 View

B-mercaptoethanol (BME) protocol?

Hi everybody, I have been running a multiplex IHC which allow me to stain the same tissue with different markers (Primary Ab + Secondary conjugated Ab) (AF487, AF555, AF647). Since I would like to...

27 February 2021 5,028 2 View

Why do my MCFs not form monolayer?

Hello, I am looking for some expertise on culturing MCF7s. I purchased them from ATCC and I have been following all media and culture conditions. Media is EMEM with 10% FBS and 10ug/mL of...

27 February 2021 3,904 2 View

Is there anyone who experienced with cytotoxic effect of Hoescht 33342 dye?

Is Hoechst toxic to cells? In general, it is known as non-toxic. I am working with dsRED MDA-MB-231 cell line. I applied it for my PDMS-based microfluidic platform, for this reason, I incubated...

26 February 2021 9,119 3 View

Why my agarose gel staining sometimes looks not homogenic but like gradient (see the figure)?

I am worried about this overexposure of the upper part of the gel in the picture. Is it possible that this is the result of too much concentration of ethidium bromide? Why is there such a big...

25 February 2021 8,140 3 View

Markers of mitochondrial activity in FFPE tissues?

Hello everybody, Does someone have any experience with assessing/extimating mitochondrial activity on FFPE tissues? Precisely, no TOM20, ATP5B, etc: we are trying to get an approximative idea of...

24 February 2021 4,618 4 View

Can a Golgi-stained dendritic spines picture processed by Image J be directly used for publication?

24 February 2021 3,348 2 View

Is there an appropriate CD8 antibody for IHC-P for staining human breast cancer tissues?

Hello, We are planning on staining Formalin-fixed paraffin breast cancer tissue sections (FFPE) with CD8 Ab via immunofluorescence (Tissue IF). Based on our existing protocol and imaging...

24 February 2021 9,578 4 View