Single E coli colony transformation?

Is there any protocol to make chemically competent E coli from a single colony and transform it? Any buffer recipe? Many thanks

02 March 2018 9,655 0 View

Electrocompetent bacteria storage at -20?

Hello, I'm trying to make electrocompetent bacteria and store them at -20 degrees as I don't have -80 freezers. Is there any protocol? Should I use 50% glycerol? Thanks

06 July 2017 3,030 1 View

Mammalian cell culture electroporation?

06 July 2017 6,336 1 View

Eukaryote Promoter consensus sequences analysis ?

10 November 2016 936 4 View

DNA "Pellet-Paint" coprecipitant or similar composition?

09 October 2016 8,164 9 View

Tumoral cell line intradermical nude mice inoculation?

Hello, I need to generate tumors in nude mice with the cell lines SK MEL 28 (melanoma) and MDA MB 231 (breast cancer), both human tumoral cell lines. How many cells do i have to inject...

05 June 2016 3,257 4 View

PEI transfection of SK-MEL 28?

02 March 2016 5,205 4 View

Has anybody got any protocol to make competent lyophilized E coli?

Hello, Has anybody got any protocol to make competent lyophilized E coli?

10 November 2015 1,950 0 View

Protocols to liofilize DNA?

05 June 2015 8,525 3 View

What is an equivalent alternative reagents composition like the Zymo Mix&Go?

Searching the web i found that Zymo Research makes a kit for making competent cells and transforming them in aprox 20 seconds without incubating the mix on ice for 30 minutes, without heat-shock...

04 May 2015 3,463 4 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Do I need to strip the PVDF membrane before staining it with colloidal gold?

Dear Colleagues, After running Western blot on PVDF membrane and detection using ECL, I would like to stain my PVDF with colloidal gold to be able to allign the ECL image with total proteins on...

02 March 2021 7,829 3 View

Can chitosan alone can act as a reducing agent for Cu(0) nanoparticle sythesis?

[Synthesizing Cu nanoparticles without using chemical reductants]

01 March 2021 8,359 1 View

Adherance of Polyaniline coating over stainless steel?

Is the electropolymerisation of polyaniline coating over stainless steel (SS) via Cyclic voltammetry technique is really adherant? Else how to improve the adhesion of the coating, whether any...

01 March 2021 8,220 2 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

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Does anyone have the experience of using Taq Man probes in the QIAGEN Rotar- Gene qPCR machine?

01 March 2021 5,311 1 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How to check the uv-vis absorption of nanoparticle by surface plasmon resonance?

I try to check the uv-vis absorption of Indium nanoparticle. Now I am measuring in solution, can I measure it in the form of a film?

01 March 2021 930 3 View

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View