Regarding immunology, transmissivity, herd immunity and vaccines in Sars CoV-2?

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

08 February 2021 8,321 3 View

Covid (or any) vaccines: differential effects on transmission/pathology?

Hi folks, can anyone provide me with explanations or references regarding why a vaccine would block disease symptoms, but not onward transmission of the pathogen? Leaving aside variations in...

22 December 2020 7,613 4 View

What is an effective way to code the Twenty Statements Task in checking to see if cultural priming worked?

How do I code the Twenty Statements Task?

01 November 2015 789 6 View

Thank you for your request to collaborate; Might you be interested in a cerebellar medulloblastoma patient?

As luck would have it, I am a 25 year survivor of a cerebellar medulloblastoma and have some executive function deficits and some cognitive issues. I'm encouraged by your work and, though I am the...

01 January 1970 2,390 2 View

Active Inference & Ontology development

Hello Active Inference community. We are developing an Active Inference body of knowledge. As part of this educational project, we are now able to share with you the first version of the terms...

01 January 1970 6,417 6 View

Immunology, herd immunity, vaccines and Sars CoV2

This is a follow-up on an earlier question regarding mechanistics of vaccines: why current vaccines don't block transmission. In summary, they don't engage mucosal immune cells to produce IgA....

01 January 1970 2,719 18 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 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

Precipitate after adding laemmli buffer to protein solution containing Potassium Acetate?

Hi, I am running a size exclusion chromatography experiment with a buffer containing Potassium Acetate as a salt. I analyse these fractions through SDS-PAGE. After boiling my SEC fractions in...

01 March 2021 2,622 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

Are protein samples in SDS compatible with ELISA?

I have used an AllPrep DNA/RNA/Protein Mini Kit QIAGEN kit to extract RNA and protein from my samples. At the end of the protein purification, I resuspend my protein in 5% SDS. Will these samples...

28 February 2021 7,370 3 View